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Jeff Tomsic

Jeff Tomsic

Director and producer, also writer · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Winner of the 'Best Short Comedy Award' at New Hampshire Film Festival, 2011 ― Jeff Tomsic is a director and a producer. He is best known for his short film I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents for which he won the award and was also nominated at Sundance Film Festival for Short Filmmaking Award US Fiction. Tomsic has directed a number of advertisements, short films, and T.V. series. This talented director has worked on many projects of which This Is Not Happening, The Detour, T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous and advertisement for Call of Duty, Alchemy Vodka are popular. Tomsic made his debut in the showbiz with his feature film TAG in 2018.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Director and producer, also writer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all

What are Jeff Tomsic's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 20 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 18 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 16 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady 16 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 20

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Casual 18 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
18
Absurd
14
Contemplative
10
Warm
8
Manic
4
Other
4

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeff Tomsic's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Tomsic's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

37 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 33 titles, 28 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing28 of 33: 20 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thWriting1 of 33: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing12 of 33: 5 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew1 of 33: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

33 titles, 8 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2010s9 · crew2020s19 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
  2. 2011
    • Sundance award, nominated · US Fiction

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jeff Tomsic's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 20; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

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Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Reviewers score the atmosphere 52/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jeff Tomsic work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Tomsic's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jordan Levy shares the most, 12.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles