Jim Kierstead is an Emmy, Olivier, and three-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin, and Hadestown. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Tony-nominated Ain't Too Proud, Company, The Lehman Trilogy, Mrs. Doubtfire, and The Minutes. In addition, he has been a co-producer of 25 Broadway productions including The Inheritance, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Waitress, The Visit, You Can't Take It With You, Indecent, The Great Comet (all Tony nominated), Be More Chill, Pretty Woman, Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, M. Butterfly, Rocky, among others. Off-Broadway projects include Unexpected Joy, Yank! (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Nominees), Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, and Thrill Me - The Leopold & Loeb Story (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Nominees). He has produced London productions including Waitress, Dreamgirls, Pretty Woman, Be More Chill, Unexpected Joy, Yank!, Thrill Me, Night of the Living Dead, and Aspects of Love. Film/TV projects include the Emmy winning TV series The Bay, we well as Indoor Boys, Emmy-nominated After Forever, and Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. Along with Broadway United partner, William Fernandez, Jim produced the hit immersive show Amparo in downtown Miami for Bacardi. Jim is on the Board of Directors of The York Theatre Company, The Abingdon Theatre Company, and The New York Theatre Barn and is the founder of the digital theatre content creation company Broadway Virtual.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and writer
- 9 on MovieCove
What are Jim Kierstead's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
- 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 Jim Kierstead's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Jim Kierstead'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
9 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Red Light(2025)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Summoning the Spirit(2023)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Indoor Boys(2017)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Wakefield(2016)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Kiss Me, Kill Me(2015)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Space Racers(2014)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Between Love & Goodbye(2008)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 9 MovieCove titles from 2008 to 2025.
How do Jim Kierstead's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of the 6 of 7 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 39/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Jim Kierstead work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jim Kierstead's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Casper Andreas shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Casper AndreasShared titles: Kiss Me, Kill Me (2015), Between Love & Goodbye (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Casper Andreas
Actors
- Matthew LudwinskiShared titles: Kiss Me, Kill Me (2015), Between Love & Goodbye (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Ludwinski
Producers
- William FernandezShared titles: Red Light (2025), Summoning the Spirit (2023)See all 2 shared titles with William Fernandez
- Eric NelsenShared titles: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020), Wakefield (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Nelsen
- Jim HeadShared titles: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020), Indoor Boys (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Head
- Sainty NelsenShared titles: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020), Wakefield (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Sainty Nelsen
