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Nick Shumaker

Nick Shumaker

Producer · Born April 3, 1979 (47) · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Independent Spirit Award nominee

Nick Shumaker was born on 3 April 1979 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and manager, known for Another Earth (2011), Cold in July (2014) and Still Alice (2014).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 3, 1979 (47)
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 44 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 28Down 19% in 30 days

What are Nick Shumaker's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Documentary14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
19%
Survival
16%
Power
16%
Bonds
13%
Self
13%
Society
13%
Ideas
11%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 23

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

Grounded 24 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 15 · Intense 13

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

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 10

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 21

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 15 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
17
Contemplative
17
Dread
7
Hopeful
7
Other
23

How their films linger

Thought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet20
  • Ambiguous15

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 Nick Shumaker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nick Shumaker'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

44 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

  • Musk(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Victorian Psycho(2026)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Possible Love(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Idiot(s) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • In Waves(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Nightborn(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • A Statement(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Cover-Up(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Fackham Hall(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Carpenter's Son(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Christy(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Orwell: 2+2=5(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • My Mercury(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Pangolin: Kulu's Journey(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Kein Tier. So Wild.(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Mistress Dispeller(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Bibi Files(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Union(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Architecton(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • War Game(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Woman of...(2023)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Handling the Undead(2024)

    Co-Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Vermiglio(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Sanctuary(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Taurus(2022)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Infinite Storm(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Nothing Lasts Forever(2022)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Small Crimes(2017)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Public Image is Rotten(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Louder Than Bombs(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Cold in July(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Still Alice(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • We Are What We Are(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Another Earth(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Buzzkill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • House of Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Mrs. America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Hands That Held the Knives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Override (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • The Prima Donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles, 30 of them dated from 2014 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Still Alice (2014)

$45M worldwide

Highest rated

Still Alice (2014)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Musk (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing38 of 38: 38 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s27 · 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 2012, Best First Feature.

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 Nick Shumaker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 35; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Musk (2026)

99th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Possible Love (2026)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

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 Nick Shumaker's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles29–82 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles34–59 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles20–76 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles33–52 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles36–83 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian 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 Nick Shumaker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nick Shumaker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Levine shares the most, 16.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers