Steven Caple Jr. (born May 19, 1988) is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. His credits include The Land (2016), Creed II (2018), A Different Tree, and Prentice-N-Fury's Ice Cream Adventure. In 2017, Forbes named Caple Jr. one of the "30 Under 30" in Hollywood & Entertainment. He also directed Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), the seventh instalment in the live-action Transformers film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Caple Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1988 (38)
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Director, also writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Steven Caple Jr.'s films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Steven Caple Jr.'s films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Steven Caple Jr.'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
14 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Man on Fire(2026)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Transformers: EarthSpark(2022)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Creed II(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
LOGIC: Gray Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Rapture(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
The Land(2016)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
A Different Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
J.A.W. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Ghost Fleet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Grand Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
I Am Legend 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Thieves' Gambit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Set It Off Remake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 7 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.
Awards
Nominated for a Sundance award in 2016, Best of Next!.
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 Steven Caple Jr.'s films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 3 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.
Is Steven Caple Jr.'s work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Steven Caple Jr. work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steven Caple Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jongnic Bontemps shares the most, 2.
Composers and editors
- Jongnic BontempsShared titles: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), The Land (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jongnic Bontemps
- Saira HaiderShared titles: Creed II (2018), The Land (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Saira Haider
Producers
- Bernardo Duran Jr.Shared titles: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), Creed II (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Bernardo Duran Jr.