Skip to content
MovieCove
Keven McAlester

Keven McAlester

Producer and writer

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 36% in 30 days

What are Keven McAlester's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.

What they feel like to watch

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

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
4
Tense
3
Hopeful
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Keven McAlester's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Keven McAlester'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

12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Queen of Chess(2026)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The American Experiment(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • The Synanon Fix(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
  • Downfall: The Case Against Boeing(2022)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Billy Graham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Writer

  • Generation Wealth(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Last Days in Vietnam(2014)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Dungeon Masters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Producer

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1988 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 9: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting5 of 9: 2 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing5 of 9: 2 only producing, 3 with another role

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

By decade

1980s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s1 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

5 major nominations and no wins, 2007–2023.

  1. 2023
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Documentary Screenplay
  2. 2015
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Feature
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Documentary Screenplay
  3. 2007
    • 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 Keven McAlester's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 93rd percentile, the median of all 5; 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

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 60/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Keven McAlester work with?

People who share at least 2 of Keven McAlester's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rory Kennedy shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers