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John Harvatine IV

Producer, director and writer · Born August 17, 1977 (49) · Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

2 Primetime Emmys

John Harvatine IV was born on 17 August 1977 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Robot Chicken (2005), Crossing Swords (2020) and The Simpsons (1989). He has been married to Elizabeth Harvatine since 6 November 2004.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
August 17, 1977 (49)
From
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 26 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 64 days to Oct 27Up 16% in 30 days

What are John Harvatine IV's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Self
24%
Society
23%
Ideas
7%
Survival
6%
Power
3%
Friendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
11
Joyful
9
Warm
5
Manic
4
Tense
5
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

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 John Harvatine IV's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Harvatine IV'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

26 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.

  • Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special(2026)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Mickey & Minnie's Holiday Songs: Christmas(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mickey & Minnie's Holiday Songs: Halloween(2025)

    Show Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Von Dingles in: Halloween Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Writer

  • Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Supervising Producer

  • Mickey's Christmas Tales(2023)

    Show Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Mickey Saves Christmas(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Santa Inc.(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Ultra City Smiths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • M.O.D.O.K.(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Crossing Swords(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Changeland(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants(2018)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Buddy Thunderstruck(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Camp WWE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Hot Streets(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • SuperMansion(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dinosaur Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 23 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  • Robot Chicken: Star Wars(2007)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Disaster!(2005)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Robot Chicken(2005)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · Other

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles from 1989 to 2025.

Highest rated

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 14: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting1 of 14: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing9 of 14: 6 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thOther crew4 of 14: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

14 titles, 4 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s7 · 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 9 major nominations, 2013–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  3. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  4. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  5. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  6. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  7. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
  8. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
Show 1 earlier year
  1. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program

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 John Harvatine IV's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · director, producer

Mickey & Minnie's Holiday Songs: Christmas (2025)

89th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 50. 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 John Harvatine IV's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 71 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 60 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does John Harvatine IV work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Harvatine IV's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Seth Green shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

  • Matthew Senreich12 titles · 6 as writer    See all 12 shared titles with Matthew Senreich
  • Tom Root6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Tom Root
  • Breckin Meyer8 titles · 5 as writer    See all 8 shared titles with Breckin Meyer
  • Douglas Goldstein4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Douglas Goldstein

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles