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Lee Toland Krieger

Lee Toland Krieger

Director, producer and writer · Born January 24, 1983 (43) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Independent Spirit Award nominee

Lee Toland Krieger (born January 24, 1983) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for the films The Vicious Kind (2009), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) and The Age of Adaline (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Toland Krieger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 24, 1983 (43)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 7% in 30 days

What are Lee Toland Krieger's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Self
37%
Society
13%
Survival
8%
Morality
5%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Bittersweet
3
Romantic
3
Hopeful
3
Thrilling
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Lee Toland Krieger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Toland Krieger'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

18 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Brilliant Minds(2024)

    Show 33 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Dead Boy Detectives(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Shadow and Bone(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Superman & Lois(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Prodigal Son(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Deadly Class(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Chilling Adventures of Sabrina(2018)

    Show 36 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • You(2018)

    Show 20 episodes · Director · Consulting Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Riverdale(2017)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Age of Adaline(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Happyland(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Modern/Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Celeste & Jesse Forever(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Denise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • The Vicious Kind(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • December Ends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Just Picture It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Spaceship Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles, 16 of them dated from 2006 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Age of Adaline (2015)

$66M worldwide

Highest rated

The Age of Adaline (2015)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Brilliant Minds (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing18 of 18: 6 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thWriting3 of 18: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing11 of 18: 0 only producing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

18 titles, 12 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s4 · 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

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2010, Best Screenplay.

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 Lee Toland Krieger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Happyland (2014)

63rd percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

The Age of Adaline (2015)

Midcredits 86th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 3 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.

Is Lee Toland Krieger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles9–82 · median 30 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles26–46 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles29–74 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Lee Toland Krieger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Toland Krieger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Lanzenberg shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers

Producers