Joe Fenstermaker

Editor

Joe Fenstermaker, born Jeffrey Fenstermaker, is a documentary film editor who graduated from Hampshire College in 2009. After editing documentary film in New York City for five years, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he currently lives and works. Joe has worked as an assistant editor with noteworthy directors; Alex Gibney, Morgan Neville, Lydia Tenaglia, Alison Ellwood and Brett Morgen on numerous award winning feature length documentary films and TV series. In January 2013, Joe attended the Sundance film festival in support of 'History of the Eagles Part One' and 'We Steal Secrets The Story of Wikileaks,' two films that he worked on. Joe additionally directs and edits his own documentary films, previously completing films about Quakerism and Green Man which screened at Anthology Film Archives and The Maysles Institute. Linda Fenstermaker, Joe's sister, is also a graduate of Hampshire College and is an experimental filmmaker based in Seattle.

What are Joe Fenstermaker's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

24%

Self

22%

Bonds

16%

Society

16%

Power

11%

Ideas

11%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

2

Contemplative

2

Romantic

1

Warm

1

Bittersweet

1

How their films linger

Hopeful2

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 Joe Fenstermaker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Netflix2 titles, browse their movies on this service

Also on these channels

Fox Nation1 title, show their title on Fox Nation

Subscription and free streaming for Joe Fenstermaker'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

3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

The Tides That Bind: Inside Alabama Football(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
On Swift Horses(2024)
Editor
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Rather(2023)
Editor
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

Career shape

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles from 2023 to 2025.

Biggest box office

On Swift Horses (2024)

$1.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Rather (2023)

Midcredits 80^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Editing3 of 3

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Joe Fenstermaker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joe Fenstermaker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jenifer Westphal shares the most, 3.

Editors

Curtis McConnell2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Curtis McConnell

Producers

Jenifer Westphal3 titles See all 3 shared titles with Jenifer Westphal
Joe Plummer3 titles See all 3 shared titles with Joe Plummer
Taylor Wildenhaus2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Taylor Wildenhaus