Ray Nowosielski
Producer · Born January 30, 1981 (45) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
A two-time News & Docu Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, journalist and two-time Image Award-nominated podcast creator and host, Ray Nowosielski is the author of the Skyhorse Publishing non-fiction war-on-terror expose The Watchdogs Didnt Bark. After his work as director on the Primetime Emmy-nominated Season 3 of VICE on HBO, Nowosielski began a ten-year collaboration with and mentorship from two-time Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple, resulting in many critically-acclaimed feature documentaries. He served as a producer on Killing the Colorado for Discovery, A Murder in Mansfield for Investigation Discovery, the Johnny Cash musical documentary Remastered: Tricky Dick & the Man in Black for Netflix and most recently Gumbo Coalition about National Urban League president Marc Morial for Max. He was a co-producer on Desert One for HISTORY, a story producer on The Super Models for AppleTV and a consulting producer on the theatrically-released Miss Sharon Jones! Nowosielski is co-creator of two iHeartPodcasts, limited docu-series George Bailey Was Never Born, about holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life, and After the Uprising, a two-season true crime investigation into Ferguson activists' deaths co-hosted with former Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal. This show purports to have solved the murder of Darren Seals in 2024.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 30, 1981 (45)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Ray Nowosielski's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
- 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 Ray Nowosielski's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ray Nowosielski'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.
The Super Models(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Gumbo Coalition(2022)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Desert One(2019)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
A Murder in Mansfield(2017)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Killing the Colorado(2016)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Miss Sharon Jones!(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
9/11: Press for Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 2006 to 2022.
How do Ray Nowosielski's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed2
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 Ray Nowosielski work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ray Nowosielski's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Barbara Kopple shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Barbara KoppleShared titles: The Super Models (2023), Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019), ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018), A Murder in Mansfield (2017), Killing the Colorado (2016), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015), We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)See all 8 shared titles with Barbara Kopple
Cinematographers and editors
- Gary GriffinShared titles: Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019), A Murder in Mansfield (2017), Killing the Colorado (2016), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Gary Griffin
- Rob KuhnsShared titles: Gumbo Coalition (2022), A Murder in Mansfield (2017), Killing the Colorado (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Rob Kuhns
- Asad FaruqiShared titles: Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Asad Faruqi
- Tom KaufmanShared titles: Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Kaufman
Producers
- David CassidyShared titles: The Super Models (2023), Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019), ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018), A Murder in Mansfield (2017), Killing the Colorado (2016), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)See all 7 shared titles with David Cassidy
- Maureen DoughertyShared titles: Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019), A Murder in Mansfield (2017), Killing the Colorado (2016), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Maureen Dougherty
- Eric FormanShared titles: The Super Models (2023), Gumbo Coalition (2022), Desert One (2019), A Murder in Mansfield (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Eric Forman
- Megan KaplerShared titles: Killing the Colorado (2016), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015), We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Megan Kapler
