
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.
- November 11, 1969 (56)
- Provo, Utah, USA
- Director, producer, cinematographer, editor and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Known for
What are Greg Whiteley's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
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
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- 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).
- Last Chance U (2016) · director, producer
- Last Chance U: Basketball (2021) · director, producer
- Wrestlers (2023) · director, producer
- Cheer (2020) · director
- The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025) · director, producer
- America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024) · director, writer, producer
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.
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Wrestlers(2023)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Cheer(2020)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Last Chance U(2016)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Most Likely to Succeed(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Mitt(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Last Play at Shea(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Resolved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

New York Doll(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 2005 to 2025.

Biggest box office
New York Doll (2005)

Highest rated
Last Chance U (2016)

Most popular right now
America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024)
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.
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- 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.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
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
- Daniel George McDonaldShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Daniel George McDonald

Editors
- Sharon WeaverShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 5 shared titles with Sharon Weaver

- Mark MorganShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Mark Morgan
- Noah DebonisShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Noah Debonis
- Zachary FuhrerShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Zachary Fuhrer
Producers
- Adam LeibowitzShared titles: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016), Most Likely to Succeed (2015), Mitt (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Adam Leibowitz

- Andrew FriedShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Andrew Fried

- Dane LillegardShared titles: The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025), America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Dane Lillegard
- Alex BowserShared titles: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2024), Wrestlers (2023), Last Chance U: Basketball (2021), Last Chance U (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Alex Bowser
