Bill Ross IV
Director, editor, cinematographer and producer, also writer
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.
- Director, editor, cinematographer and producer, also writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Bill Ross IV's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
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
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- 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).
- Curiosity Stream
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)

Gasoline Rainbow(2023)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all filmsRose City Hurricane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Second Star to the Right and Straight On til Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Do Not Split (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
No Time To Look Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

I Am Not Your Negro(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Contemporary Color(2016)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Temporary Color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Western(2015)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Tchoupitoulas(2012)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Dinosaur Curtains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

45365(2009)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 2009 to 2024.
By role
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.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
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
- Turner RossShared titles: Gasoline Rainbow (2023), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Contemporary Color (2016), I Am Not Your Negro (2016), Western (2015), Tchoupitoulas (2012), 45365 (2009)See all 7 shared titles with Turner Ross

Composers
- Casey Wayne McAllisterShared titles: Gasoline Rainbow (2023), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Tchoupitoulas (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Casey Wayne McAllister

Producers
- Josh PennShared titles: Gasoline Rainbow (2023), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Contemporary Color (2016), Western (2015), Tchoupitoulas (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Josh Penn

- Michael GottwaldShared titles: Gasoline Rainbow (2023), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Contemporary Color (2016), Western (2015), Tchoupitoulas (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Michael Gottwald

- Dan JanveyShared titles: Contemporary Color (2016), Western (2015), Tchoupitoulas (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Janvey

- Bryn MooserShared titles: Gasoline Rainbow (2023), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Bryn Mooser


