American director Bill Kiely has spent his adult career telling stories. A graduate of the Art Center in Pasadena's film program, Bill founded Windowseat Pictures in Venice Beach (2003) and has directed commercial and documentary projects for brands such as Nike, USAF, Bud Light, and Vans. Age of Summer, which he co-wrote, is Bill's feature directorial debut. The film has been completed and will screen in September 2018. Bill is producing the Huey Lewis jukebox musical "The Heart of Rock and Roll" that will premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego in September 2018. Bill has produced a number of films under the Windowseat banner including The Bachelors starring J.K. Simmons, Julie Delpy and Odeya Rush; The Adderall Diaries, starring James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon; Barely Lethal starring Jessica Alba, Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L. Jackson; and Crash Pad, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Dobrev and Christina Applegate.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer, director and writer
- 6 on MovieCove
What are Bill Kiely's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- 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 Bill Kiely's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bill Kiely'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
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
The Independent(2022)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Age of Summer(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Crash Pad(2017)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
The Bachelors(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Barely Lethal(2015)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Adderall Diaries(2015)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 2015 to 2018.
How do Bill Kiely's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. 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 Bill Kiely's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Bill Kiely work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bill Kiely's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joseph McKelheer shares the most, 4.
Producers
- Joseph McKelheerShared titles: Age of Summer (2018), Crash Pad (2017), The Bachelors (2017), The Adderall Diaries (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Joseph McKelheer
- Leo KielyShared titles: Age of Summer (2018), The Bachelors (2017), The Adderall Diaries (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Leo Kiely
- Ryan DorffShared titles: Age of Summer (2018), The Bachelors (2017), The Adderall Diaries (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Ryan Dorff
- Erin WillgrenShared titles: Age of Summer (2018), The Bachelors (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Erin Willgren