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Born in Sidney, Ohio in 1980, he works with his brother Turner. For their documentary 45365, a portrait of their home town, the two directors received numerous awards including Best Documentary Feature at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. They followed it three years later with Tchoupitoulas (2012) about their second home of New Orleans.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, editor, cinematographer and producer, also writer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 38% in 30 days

What are Bill Ross IV's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady 7 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
5
Warm
5
Melancholic
4
Joyful
1
Thrilling
1
Other
4

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous4

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 Ross IV's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Ross IV'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

16 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • The In Between (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Consulting Editor

  • Gasoline Rainbow(2023)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Rose City Hurricane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Love in the Time of Fentanyl(2022)

    Consulting Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Second Star to the Right and Straight On til Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets(2020)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Do Not Split (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Editor

  • No Time To Look Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • I Am Not Your Negro(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Contemporary Color(2016)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Temporary Color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Western(2015)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Tchoupitoulas(2012)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Dinosaur Curtains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Editor

  • 45365(2009)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 2009 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 16: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting11 of 16: 4 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thWriting1 of 16: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 16: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleCinematography7 of 16: 1 only cinematography, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thEditing8 of 16: 1 only editing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew2 of 16: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

16 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and editing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew2020s7 · 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 Bill Ross IV's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4

Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 7 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.

Who does Bill Ross IV work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Ross IV's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Turner Ross shares the most, 7.

Directors

Composers

Producers