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Patricia E. Gillespie

Patricia E. Gillespie

Producer and director

Patricia E. Gillespie is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Sundance Fellow. In addition to producing UNREST, she served as Line Producer on Sabaah Folayan's WHOSE STREETS, and is currently in production on her directorial debut, AMERICAN MONSTER, a non-fiction series exploring the intersection of poverty and violence in the American South produced in concert with Morgan Spurlock's company, Warrior Poets. In her spare time, she produces commercial content for clients like Johnnie Walker, Nike, and Adidas.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer and director
Titles
8 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 5% in 30 days

What are Patricia E. Gillespie's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
41%
Society
28%
Morality
11%
Self
7%
Power
5%
Bonds
4%
Ideas
3%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

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

Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · 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 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

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

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Tense
5
Dread
2
Contemplative
2
Cathartic
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Patricia E. Gillespie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Patricia E. Gillespie'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

8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • #Skyking(2026)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Secrets We Bury(2025)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • They Called Him Mostly Harmless(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Fire That Took Her(2022)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Fall River(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Unrest(2017)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Whose Streets?(2017)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Blue Ruin(2013)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 7 titles from 2014 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Whose Streets? (2017)

$183K worldwide

Highest rated

The Fire That Took Her (2022)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

#Skyking (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 7: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleProducing6 of 7: 2 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thOther crew1 of 7: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

7 titles, 4 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s4 · 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 Patricia E. Gillespie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 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 6

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

Whose Streets? (2017)

96th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

The Fire That Took Her (2022)

Midcredits 96th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 5 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 Patricia E. Gillespie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Patricia E. Gillespie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nathanial Harper shares the most, 3.

Cinematographers and editors

Producers