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Eli Bush

Eli Bush

Producer

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions. He is best known for producing the film Lady Bird, for which he co-won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eli Bush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 27% in 30 days

What are Eli Bush's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile
: browse their Crime 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
Self
34%
Bonds
22%
Survival
11%
Society
11%
Power
10%
Ideas
6%
Morality
6%
Identity15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 38 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 21 · Serious 5 · Dark 12

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 21 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 7

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 14 · Charged 10 · Intense 14

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 16 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 6

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 17 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 12

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

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Contemplative
20
Dread
13
Warm
13
Melancholic
11
Other
49

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

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 Eli Bush's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eli Bush'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

62 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The History of Concrete(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Monsters of God(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Neighbors(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Marty Supreme(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • If I Had Legs I'd Kick You(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Smashing Machine(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Pee-wee as Himself(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Pavements(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Adam Sandler: Love You(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Ren Faire(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt(2023)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • La Chimera(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Scary of Sixty-First(2021)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in the Window(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Console Wars(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • First Cow(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Devs(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Dispatches from Elsewhere(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Goldman v Silverman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • Barkskins(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Uncut Gems(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • What We Do in the Shadows(2019)

    Show 61 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Gone Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • The Girl in the Spider's Web(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Mid90s(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • 22 July(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Game Over, Man!(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Isle of Dogs(2018)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Annihilation(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Eighth Grade(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Meyerowitz Stories(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Lady Bird(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Five Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Five Came Back(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Fences(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • De Palma(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Way of Folk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Thanks

  • Steve Jobs(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Mistress America(2015)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Aloha(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • While We're Young(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Ex Machina(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Inherent Vice(2014)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Top Five(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Rosewater(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Captain Phillips(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Frances Ha(2012)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Moonrise Kingdom(2012)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close(2011)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Deep Cuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Martha & Muhammad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • October (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Outside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Superfakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Land of Nod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 58 titles, 52 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Captain Phillips (2013)

$219M worldwide

Highest rated

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Marty Supreme (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing54 of 58: 54 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stOther crew4 of 58: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s31 · crew2020s21 · 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

1 major award from 16 major nominations, 2017–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  3. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
  4. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
  5. 2021
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
  6. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  7. 2019
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  8. 2018
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
Show 1 earlier year
  1. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Children's Program

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 Eli Bush's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 43; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up30
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh (2025)

91st percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

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 Eli Bush's work okay for kids?

Across up to 29 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles8–86 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity29 titles8–68 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles37–88 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs25 titles14–65 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense26 titles5–84 · median 61 · 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 Eli Bush work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eli Bush's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Scott Rudin shares the most, 31.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles