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Alice Mathias

Alice Mathias

Director and producer · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Primetime Emmy winner

Alice Mathias is a comedy television director and producer from Chicago, Illinois. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and has an MFA from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Alice works with Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video and with producing partner Fred Armisen under the banner Antigravico.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Director and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove

What are Alice Mathias' films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
3
Joyful
4
Contemplative
3
Cold
1
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Alice Mathias' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Alice Mathias' 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

12 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • History of the World: Part II(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Schmigadoon!(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • That Damn Michael Che(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
  • Death to 2020(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Los Espookys(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson(2019)

    Show 18 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Take My Wife(2016)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • Documentary Now!(2015)

    Show 14 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Portlandia(2011)

    Show 21 episodes · Director · Associate Producer · Co-Executive Producer · Co-Producer · Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2011 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 10: 5 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdProducing5 of 10: 3 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score81st

By decade

2010s5 · crew2020s5 · 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.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy from 9 major nominations, 2015–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
  3. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
  4. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
  5. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
  6. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
  7. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

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 Alice Mathias' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 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 Alice Mathias work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alice Mathias' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erika Ehler shares the most, 2.

Writers

Cinematographers and editors

Producers