Skip to content
MovieCove
Tommy Oliver

Tommy Oliver

Producer, cinematographer, director, editor and writer

Primetime Emmy winner · 1 other major award body

Tommy Oliver is an Emmy-winning and Sundance Film Festival-winning American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, financier, entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Confluential Films. He directed, produced, shot, and edited AFI Film Festival audience award winner Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss, 40 Years a Prisoner, and 1982, and produced four Sundance Film Festival 2023 films including Young. Wild. Free., Fancy Dance, To Live and Die and Live (EP), and the Grand Jury Prize winner, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. He also produced The Perfect Find, The Perfect Guy, the Sundance Film Festival and AFI Film Festival audience award winner Kinyarwanda, and co-created and Executive Produced the documentary series Black Love. Tommy is a member of AMPAS, the DGA, the PGA, the WGA, and the Television Academy, and sits on the boards of the Philadelphia Film Society, The Dean's Council at CMU, and Producer's Guild.

Read more

Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Producer, cinematographer, director, editor and writer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 21 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 28Up 7% in 30 days

What are Tommy Oliver's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
Survival
23%
Bonds
21%
Self
20%
Society
17%
Ideas
7%
Power
6%
Morality
6%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 9

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

Grounded 10 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 6

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

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 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

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

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 7

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
6
Contemplative
5
Hopeful
5
Dread
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Tommy Oliver's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Tommy Oliver'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

21 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Misty Green(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • Hamlet(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • To Live and Die and Live(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Die Like a Man(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fancy Dance(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Find(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Young. Wild. Free.(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  • 40 Years a Prisoner(2020)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Halfway(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Destined(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Guy(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Black Eyed Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • 1982 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay

  • Kinyarwanda(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Emerald City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Don't Open the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Goons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Killer Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles, 15 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Perfect Guy (2015)

$60M worldwide

Highest rated

40 Years a Prisoner (2020)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Fancy Dance (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 18: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 18: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing17 of 18: 14 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thCinematography3 of 18: 1 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing3 of 18: 0 only editing, 3 with another role

18 titles, 3 with more than one role — producing and cinematography overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s10 · 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

a Primetime Emmy from 2 major nominations, 2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best 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 Tommy Oliver's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 13 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

To Live and Die and Live (2023)

95th percentile spread · 39% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor

40 Years a Prisoner (2020)

Midcredits 88th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 71/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Tommy Oliver's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Tommy Oliver work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tommy Oliver's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Jennings Boyd shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers