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Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

Actor, director, producer, writer, editor and cinematographer, also composer · Born October 31, 1986 (39) · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Berlinale award nominee · Sundance award winner · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Jim Cummings is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, director, and actor. Born on October 31, 1986 in New Orleans, he started his film career with multiple short films, including the 2016 short film THUNDER ROAD, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He later adapted it into a feature film of the same name, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Film Festival in 2018. His next feature, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, was released in 2020 to critical acclaim. He also co-directed a feature film with longtime collaborator PJ McCabe with 2021's THE BETA TEST, which screened at festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. He's had numerous appearances in other films such as the surreal comedy GREENER GRASS and the horror film HALLOWEEN KILLS. He's also appeared in hit shows like Hulu's THE HANDMAID'S TALE and FX's DAVE.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 31, 1986 (39)
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Works as
Actor, director, producer, writer, editor and cinematographer, also composer
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Jim Cummings' films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
Survival
29%
Bonds
21%
Morality
19%
Self
16%
Society
7%
Power
5%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 12

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

Grounded 11 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 12

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

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 3

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 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 12

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 5 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 5
Herald
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
12
Dread
8
Absurd
5
Contemplative
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous5

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 Jim Cummings' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jim Cummings' 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

67 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Stay for the Q&A (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Alex DeLarge (Moderator)

  • The Yeti(2026)

    Executive Producer · as Booker

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

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

    as Austin's Armory

  • The Screener (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Creator · Editor · as Tony Avalutto

  • Sauna Sickness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Redux Redux(2025)

    as Jonathan

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Corey Feldman vs. the World(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Snake Oil Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • DISC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Carey

  • Flavor of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Agent John

  • Public Freakout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • Isle Child(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Disfluency(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Pretty Sad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Colorist · Editor · Sound · as Mr.

  • Is Now a Good Time? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Kyle Dimartin

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

    Executive Producer

  • The Last Stop in Yuma County(2023)

    Executive Producer · as The Knife Salesman

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Behold The Claw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Thanks

  • The Last Brunch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Editor · Visual Effects · Writer

  • 15 Cameras(2023)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Followers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Christopher

  • In a Silent Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • This Land(2022)

    Producer

  • Stop Scrolling and Dust Off Your Horse... The Great Great Grandson of Sartana is Here! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Diablo Garko

  • The Beta Test(2021)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Jordan Hines

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Halloween Kills(2021)

    as Pete McCabe

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Surrogate(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Beast Beast(2020)

    Producer · as Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Block Island Sound(2020)

    as Dale

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Wolf of Snow Hollow(2020)

    Director · Writer · as John Marshall

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dave(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Nice Guy

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Greener Grass(2019)

    as Rob

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Righteous Gemstones(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Cane

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Golf! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Editor · Producer

  • Thunder Road(2018)

    Director · Composer · Editor · Visual Effects · Writer · as Officer Jim Arnaud

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Searching(2018)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Parent Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Writer

  • Barry(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Movie Barry Berkman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

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

    Executive Producer

  • Hydrangea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • The Mountains of Mourne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer · as Jim

  • It’s All Right, It’s Ok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Still Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer · as Jim (segment "The Mountains of Mourne")

  • The Handmaid's Tale(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Burke

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Frolic 'N Mae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Thanks

  • The Show About the Show(2017)

    as YouTube Commenter

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Native Stand Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Cory Comes to Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Marty Hearts Katie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer · as Police Officer

  • Us Funny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · as Jim

  • 13 Cameras(2015)

    Producer · as Paul

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Krisha(2015)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer · as Officer

  • Thunder Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Composer · Writer · as James Arnaud

  • The Show About the Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • $aving Dat Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer

  • The Chucko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • Bike Against The Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Additional Photography

  • The Grief of Others(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Confusion Through Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • What If(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Flamingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Sound Editor · Writer

  • A Fresh Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Red Herring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Goldsmith

  • The Big Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 64 titles, 61 of them dated from 2012 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Halloween Kills (2021)

$133M worldwide

Highest rated

The Show About the Show (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Halloween Kills (2021)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20122026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2016Screen debut· Thunder Road
  • 2016First top-billed film· Thunder Road
  • 2018Breakout· Thunder Road

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting36 of 64: 17 only acting, 19 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting22 of 64: 1 only directing, 21 with another roleWriting19 of 64: 0 only writing, 19 with another roleProducing20 of 64: 12 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thMusic2 of 64: 0 only music, 2 with another roleEditing10 of 64: 1 only editing, 9 with another roleOther crew9 of 64: 4 only other crew, 5 with another role

64 titles, 29 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

2010s31 · 14 acting · 25 crew2020s30 · 19 acting · 21 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 42% of 12 roles
1621

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 4 major nominations, 2016–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Berlinale award, nominated
  2. 2019
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  3. 2017
    • Sundance award, nominated
  4. 2016
    • Sundance award, won

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 Jim Cummings' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of the 21 of 22 with a score; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Isle Child (2025)

99th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Show About the Show (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Jim Cummings' work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles32–87 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles12–53 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles52–84 · median 77 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles23–70 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles49–78 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian 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 Jim Cummings work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jim Cummings' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Benjamin Wiessner shares the most, 8.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles