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Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney

Producer, also director and actor · Born January 24, 1960 (66) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy-winning director and producer, philanthropist and the CEO and president of Fork Films. An active supporter of peacebuilding, she is passionate about advancing women's roles in the public sphere. Abigail's films and series focus on social issues and spotlight extraordinary people who speak truth to power. Having grown up in a family of filmmakers, Abigail turned to documentaries when inspired to tell the story of a brave group of women who used nonviolent protests and sex strikes to bring an end to Liberia's long civil war. She and renowned filmmaker Gini Reticker made the widely acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which is broadly credited with highlighting the achievements of Leymah Gbowee, who received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Abigail and Gini went on to found Fork Films, which is known for making and funding high profile, critically acclaimed documentaries that are seen on PBS, Netflix, HBO and other major outlets. In addition to producing original films, Fork Films awards grants to non-fiction films that promote peacebuilding, human rights and social justice with a particular emphasis on projects with women behind or in front of the camera. As of June 2017, Fork Films has awarded over $4 million to 90 documentaries including Cameraperson, Trapped, 1971, The Mask You Live In, Citizen Koch, Hot Girls Wanted, The Invisible War, and Sun Come Up. Fork Films grantees have premiered at top tier film festivals, won major awards and moved the needle on important social issues. In 2009, Abigail founded Peace is Loud, a nonprofit that inspires action through media and live events that spotlight women leaders on the frontline of peacebuilding worldwide. Abigail's directorial debut, Emmy-winning The Armor of Light, co-directed by Kathleen Hughes, premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. The film follows Reverend Rob Schenck, an Evangelical minister, and Lucy McBath, the mother of a teenage shooting victim, who ask, is it possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life? Peace is Loud led the outreach and engagement campaign for The Armor of Light to restore a moral, ethical, and theological framework to the conversation about gun violence in America. The campaign has initiated and supported dialogue with faith leaders and communities around the country, reaching out beyond the documentary film community to target dozens of conservative evangelical influencers. In 2012, along with Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker, Abigail created and executive produced the first-of-its-kind series for PBS- Women, War, & Peace. The five-part series looked at women in modern war as active agents for peace and positive change makers in their communities. It garnered the Overseas Press Club's Edward R. Murrow Award, a Gracie Award, and a Television Academy Honor. Season II of the series is currently in production. Abigail is the recipient of numerous awards including an honor by the International Women's Media Foundation for advancing women's issues and peace initiatives; IDA's Amicus Award, The International Advocate for Peace Award, presented by Cardozo Law School; and the Epic Award presented by The White House Project. Disney received her Bachelor's degree from Yale University, her Master's degree from Stanford University and her Doctorate from Columbia University. She is a mother of four.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 24, 1960 (66)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Producer, also director and actor
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Abigail Disney's films like?

Across their 65 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.

Genres

Documentary51 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Power
21%
Society
19%
Morality
18%
Self
16%
Survival
15%
Ideas
7%
Bonds
5%
Justice22 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity19 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression17 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity13 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 64 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 25 · Dark 33

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 55 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 29 · Intense 22

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 42 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 56 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 46 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 38 · Full focus 15

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 32

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 30 · Open-ended 26 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
41
Tense
36
Hopeful
33
Melancholic
26
Warm
9
Other
36

How their films linger

Thought-provoking41 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful32 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet30
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous24
  • 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 Abigail Disney's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Abigail Disney'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

88 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Ratified (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • The Quilters(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The First Step (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Good Ol Girl(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • You Resemble Me(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales(2022)

    Director · Producer · Story · as Self

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Art of Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • Body Parts(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • My Name Is Andrea(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sell/Buy/Date(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Boycott(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Missing in Brooks County(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Rebel Hearts(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Holler(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Reality Winner(2021)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Women in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Crossings(2021)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mayor(2020)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Disclosure(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • For the Love of Rutland(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Assistant(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Afterward(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • On the Record(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The 8th(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The People vs. Agent Orange(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • American Woman(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Cooked: Survival by Zip Code(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • A High School Rape Goes Viral: Roll Red Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Women, War & Peace II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Roll Red Roll(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché(2018)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Same God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Netizens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Call Her Ganda(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Tale(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Grit(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Long Dumb Road(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Naila and the Uprising(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Hunting Season(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Liyana(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • That Way Madness Lies...(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Birds Like Us(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Love the Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • When God Sleeps(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Lovesong(2016)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Bending the Arc(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Shadow World(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Cameraperson(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Split(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Would Jesus Wear a Sidearm? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • The Trials of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • The Armor of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • From This Day Forward(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hot Girls Wanted(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Babushkas of Chernobyl(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Invitation(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • She's Beautiful When She's Angry(2014)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Land Ho!(2014)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Out in the Night(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Food Chains(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Hateship Loveship(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Vessel(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • 1971(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Seeds of Time(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Open Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • Citizen Koch(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Small Small Thing(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Only Real Game(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Iran Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer

  • The Queen of Versailles(2012)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Invisible War(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Women, War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Producer · Writer

  • Lost Bohemia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer

  • Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer

  • Hell and Back Again(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Lemon(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Children of Invention (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • Sons of Perdition(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Sun Come Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Secrets of the Tribe(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Family Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • !Women Art Revolution(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Playground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • Sergio(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 69 titles from 2008 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Queen of Versailles (2012)

$2.5M worldwide

Highest rated

The Quilters (2024)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Invitation (2015)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 69: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 69: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing68 of 69: 65 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew1 of 69: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

69 titles, 3 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s45 · crew2020s21 · crew

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.

How do Abigail Disney's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 65; across their 64 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Approval · how many liked their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up34
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 66 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive5
  • Cult Classic9
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed26

Most divisive · producer

Sell/Buy/Date (2022)

97th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Quilters (2024)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 49 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 Abigail Disney's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles22–74 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles42–80 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Abigail Disney work with?

People who share at least 2 of Abigail Disney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Geralyn White Dreyfous shares the most, 19.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles