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Greg Whiteley

Greg Whiteley

Director, producer, cinematographer, editor and writer · Born November 11, 1969 (56) · Provo, Utah, USA

2 Primetime Emmys · 2 other major award bodies

Greg Beck Whiteley (born November 11, 1969) is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Netflix documentary series Cheer (2020–present) and Last Chance U (2016–2020). His films include New York Doll (2005), Resolved (2007), Mitt (2014), and Most Likely to Succeed (2015).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 11, 1969 (56)
From
Provo, Utah, USA
Works as
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all

What are Greg Whiteley's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
6
Hopeful
4
Tense
3
Bittersweet
3
Triumphant
2
Other
7

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous5

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 Greg Whiteley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Greg Whiteley'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

11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders(2024)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Wrestlers(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Last Chance U: Basketball(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Cheer(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
  • Last Chance U(2016)

    Show Director · Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Most Likely to Succeed(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Mitt(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Last Play at Shea(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Resolved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • New York Doll(2005)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2005 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 10: 3 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score89thWriting1 of 10: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 10: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 10: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 10: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

10 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s5 · 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 Primetime Emmys from 6 major nominations, 2005–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  3. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  4. 2005
    • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary

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 Greg Whiteley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 45. 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 Greg Whiteley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Greg Whiteley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Leibowitz shares the most, 6.

Directors

Editors

Producers