Justine Nagan is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer and creative media executive. She is Actual Films' Head of Production and is Executive Producing their growing slate. Recently, she EPed In Waves and War and produced The White House Effect, which premiered at Telluride in 2024. Prior, she EPed Make A Splash for ESPN, as well as the company's first foray into episodic production, Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever for Marvel on Disney+. Before joining Actual, Justine was the Executive Director of American Documentary, and an EP on its signature series, POV (PBS) and America Reframed (World Channel.) During her tenure, AmDoc launched POV Shorts, created several Artist Funds, and showed continued excellence in its programming including several Oscar nominations, and Emmy, Peabody and DuPont wins. Films showcased during her time include Through the Night, The Mole Agent, Softie, Minding the Gap, Last Men in Aleppo, Dark Money, Hooligan Sparrow and 93 Queen. Prior to AmDoc, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director, as well as being an EP on films including Life Itself, The Interrupters, and The Trials of Muhammad Ali. She also directed Typeface, an award-winning documentary on American typography. Justine is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the PGA and the Television Academy.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 27 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Justine Nagan's films like?
Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 25
Light 2 · Serious 14 · Dark 9
Grounded 24 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 3
Steady 15 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 12
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet16
- Ambiguous9
- Other1
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 Justine Nagan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- Curiosity Stream
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Dox, show their title on Dox
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Kino Film Collection, show their title on Kino Film Collection
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- PBS Documentaries, show their title on PBS Documentaries
- PBS Living, show their title on PBS Living
- The Surf Network, show their title on The Surf Network
Subscription and free streaming for Justine Nagan'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
37 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Mercedes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Art & Science Collide(2025)
In Waves and War(2024)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The White House Effect(2024)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
One with the Whale(2023)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
unseen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
After Sherman(2022)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midwives(2022)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
La Casa de Mama Icha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Through the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Neutral Ground(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
On the Divide(2021)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Mole Agent(2020)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Softie(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Silence of Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
America to Me(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Minding the Gap(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
93Queen(2018)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Raising Bertie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Unbroken Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
All the Queen's Horses(2017)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Motherland(2017)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Quest(2017)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Strong Island(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Almost Sunrise(2016)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Almost There(2014)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Life Itself(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Saving Mes Aynak(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Homestretch(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Interrupters(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Typeface (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Sacred Transformations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Career shape
A full career of 26 titles from 2007 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Life Itself (2014)
Highest rated
Minding the Gap (2018)
Most popular right now
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)
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
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2019, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
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 Justine Nagan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of the 24 of 25 with a score; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 26 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved7
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed10
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 Justine Nagan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Justine Nagan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris White shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Steve JamesShared titles: America to Me (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), Life Itself (2014), The Interrupters (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Steve James
- Bonni CohenShared titles: Art & Science Collide (2025), Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025), In Waves and War (2024), The White House Effect (2024), One with the Whale (2023), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023), Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)See all 7 shared titles with Bonni Cohen
- Jon ShenkShared titles: Art & Science Collide (2025), Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025), In Waves and War (2024), The White House Effect (2024), Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (2023)See all 5 shared titles with Jon Shenk
- Bing LiuShared titles: America to Me (2018), Minding the Gap (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Bing Liu
Composers and editors
- Joshua AbramsShared titles: America to Me (2018), Almost There (2014), Life Itself (2014), The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), The Interrupters (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Joshua Abrams
- David E. SimpsonShared titles: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019), America to Me (2018), Life Itself (2014)See all 3 shared titles with David E. Simpson
- Aaron WickendenShared titles: Almost There (2014), The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), The Interrupters (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Wickenden
- Sara NewensShared titles: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025), The White House Effect (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Sara Newens
Producers
- Chris WhiteShared titles: After Sherman (2022), On the Divide (2021), The Neutral Ground (2021), Softie (2020), The Mole Agent (2020), 93Queen (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), Motherland (2017), Quest (2017), Almost Sunrise (2016)See all 10 shared titles with Chris White
- Gordon QuinnShared titles: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019), America to Me (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), All the Queen's Horses (2017), Almost There (2014), Life Itself (2014), Saving Mes Aynak (2014), The Homestretch (2014), The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), The Interrupters (2011)See all 10 shared titles with Gordon Quinn
- Sally Jo FiferShared titles: After Sherman (2022), The Neutral Ground (2021), The Mole Agent (2020), Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019), 93Queen (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), The Homestretch (2014), The Interrupters (2011)See all 8 shared titles with Sally Jo Fifer
- Betsy SteinbergShared titles: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019), America to Me (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), All the Queen's Horses (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Betsy Steinberg