Joey McFarland
Producer · Born April 30, 1972 (54) · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body
Joey McFarland is an American film producer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he attended the University of Louisville. In 2010, with producing partner Riza Aziz, McFarland co-founded Red Granite Pictures. McFarland oversees the company's day-to-day operations, its business divisions, personnel and all matters relating to Red Granite Pictures' film slate. Under his leadership, Red Granite has developed, produced and structured financing for a slate of films representing more than $600 million in revenue. In 2011 Variety named McFarland in their list of Top 10 Producers to Watch. McFarland's first production under the Red Granite banner was the hit romantic comedy Friends with Kids, written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. In 2012 McFarland went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace, directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale. Next McFarland produced The Wolf of Wall Street. The Wolf of Wall Street is based on Jordan Belfort's best-selling novel of the same name. The book was adapted into a screenplay by Terence Winter. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew Mcconaughey and Margot Robbie. Released on December 25, 2013 by Paramount Pictures, The Wolf of Wall Street achieved tremendous box office success and garnered critical acclaim - including a Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy for Leonardo DiCaprio and five Academy Award nominations including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture for which McFarland received a nomination. In 2013 McFarland completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple. The film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Joe Hill and was released October 31, 2014 by Dimension-RADiUS. McFarland was also a producer on the sequel Dumb and Dumber To, directed by Pete and Bobby Farrelly, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. It was released on November 14, 2014 by Universal Pictures. Dumb and Dumber To opened number one at the box office. Currently McFarland is an executive producer on the film Daddy's Home. Shooting in New Orleans, the film is being directed by Sean Anders and John Morris. It re-teams Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg for the first time since 2010. Red Granite Pictures is co-producing and co-financing the film with Paramount Pictures, in association with Gary Sanchez Productions. Paramount Pictures is also the worldwide distribution partner. McFarland's current development slate includes The Brigands of Rattleborge and The General. The Brigands of Rattleborge, the blacklist's number one script of 2006, is a western revenge story and The General is a gritty look at the story of George Washington. - IMDb Mini Biography
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 30, 1972 (54)
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Joey McFarland's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
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 Joey McFarland's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Joey McFarland'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
9 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Emancipation(2022)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Papillon(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Daddy's Home(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Dumb and Dumber To(2014)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Out of the Furnace(2013)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Horns(2013)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Friends with Kids(2011)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all filmsUntitled Ernest Shackleton Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2012 to 2022.
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 major nominations and no wins, 2014.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
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 Joey McFarland's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
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 Joey McFarland's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Joey McFarland work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joey McFarland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Riza Aziz shares the most, 6.
Writers
- John MorrisShared titles: Daddy's Home (2015), Dumb and Dumber To (2014)See all 2 shared titles with John Morris
- Sean AndersShared titles: Daddy's Home (2015), Dumb and Dumber To (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Anders
Producers
- Riza AzizShared titles: Daddy's Home (2015), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Horns (2013), Out of the Furnace (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Friends with Kids (2011)See all 6 shared titles with Riza Aziz
- Danny DimbortShared titles: Papillon (2017), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Horns (2013), Out of the Furnace (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Danny Dimbort
- Christian MercuriShared titles: Papillon (2017), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Horns (2013), Friends with Kids (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Christian Mercuri
- David KoplanShared titles: Papillon (2017), Daddy's Home (2015), Dumb and Dumber To (2014)See all 3 shared titles with David Koplan
