Spirit Award nominated producer Natalie Cheim Whalen currently serves as President of Production at Cold Iron Pictures l Film Arcade. Most recently she produced Amanda Kramer's BY DESIGN starring Juliette Lewis which premiered at Sundance 2025 and produced Kit Williamson's independent TV Series UNCONVENTIONAL distributed by Revry in February 2025. Natalie executive produced THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY directed by Morrisa Maltz starring academy award nominee Lily Gladstone and produced Maltz' follow up feature JAZZY with Lily Gladstone which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2024. JAZZY was released theatrically by Vertical in February 2025. Whalen is nominated as a producer on JAZZY for the 2025 Spirit Awards. Previously, she served as co-executive producer on the Sundance western thriller GOD'S COUNTRY starring Thadiwe Newton, as co-producer on Jake Paltrow's JUNE ZERO, and as associate producer on Hulu's THE AMAZING JONATHAN.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 8 on Motif · 9 credits in all
What are Natalie Whalen's films like?
Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
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 Natalie Whalen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Natalie Whalen's titles on Motif; 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, 8 with a Motif page.
By Design(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Unconventional(2022)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Jazzy(2024)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
June Zero(2022)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Unknown Country(2022)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
God's Country(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Time Capsule(2022)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all filmsDismantle the Sun (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2019 to 2026.
Biggest box office
God's Country (2022)
Highest rated
The Unknown Country (2022)
Most popular right now
God's Country (2022)
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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2025.
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 Natalie Whalen's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Natalie Whalen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Natalie Whalen's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Miranda Bailey shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Morrisa MaltzShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Morrisa Maltz
Writers
- Lainey ShangreauxShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lainey Shangreaux
- Vanara TaingShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Vanara Taing
Actors
- Jasmine ShangreauxShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jasmine Shangreaux
- Lily GladstoneShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lily Gladstone
- Raymond LeeShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Raymond Lee
- Richard Ray WhitmanShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Ray Whitman
Composers and cinematographers
- Alexis MarshShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Alexis Marsh
- Andrew HajekShared titles: Jazzy (2024), The Unknown Country (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Hajek
Producers
- Miranda BaileyShared titles: By Design (2025), Jazzy (2024), God's Country (2022), June Zero (2022), The Unknown Country (2022), Unconventional (2022), The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019)See all 7 shared titles with Miranda Bailey
- Jason BeckShared titles: By Design (2025), Jazzy (2024), God's Country (2022), June Zero (2022), Unconventional (2022), The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019)See all 6 shared titles with Jason Beck
- Amanda MarshallShared titles: God's Country (2022), June Zero (2022), The Time Capsule (2022), Unconventional (2022), The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Amanda Marshall
- Madison McKinleyShared titles: By Design (2025), Unconventional (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Madison McKinley
