Chris Dorsey

Producer

Chris Dorsey is the Emmy-nominated co-founder of Dorsey Pictures, a Global 100 factual television production company that has created more than 110 series on some 20 networks over the last quarter century. Dorsey's television productions have shown on Discovery, History Channel, HGTV, Travel, DIY, ESPN, WGN America, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Destination America, Oxygen, and a variety of outdoor sports networks. Dorsey is also the founder of Mission Partners Entertainment Group, creators of giant screen/IMAX natural history films including Wings Over Water with Michael Keaton, Secrets of Great Salt Lake with Mike Rowe, Upstream Odyssey, Wetlands, and Treasures of the Everglades. Dorsey is the author of a dozen books on natural history and business topics and his work has appeared in Newsweek, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Robb Report. He's a regular contributor to Forbes on media and other topics.

What are Chris Dorsey's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

26%

Survival

19%

Self

19%

Society

15%

Ideas

15%

Morality

6%

Family bonds4 Survival3 Purpose3 Community3 Nature3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

5

Warm

5

Contemplative

5

Tense

4

Joyful

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Hopeful5 Thought-provoking3 Feel-good3 Wistful2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy2
Bittersweet3
Cyclical3

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 Chris Dorsey's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

MyOutdoorTV1 title, show their title on MyOutdoorTV

Subscription and free streaming for Chris Dorsey'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

8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

Maine Cabin Masters: All Inn(2026)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Accident, Suicide or Murder(2019)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Maine Cabin Masters(2017)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Building Off the Grid: Big Sky Ranch(2016)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Alaska's Ultimate Bush Pilots(2015)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Building Off the Grid(2014)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Kodiak(2014)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Tiny House, Big Living(2014)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 8 MovieCove titles from 2014 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing8 of 8 · 45^th

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Chris Dorsey work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chris Dorsey's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hannah M. Borrego shares the most, 3.