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Ruth Ann Harnisch

Ruth Ann Harnisch

Producer

Ruth Ann Harnisch is an American investor, activist and philanthropist native Buffalo, New York. As a teenager, she worked as DJ for WYSL-FM in Buffalo under the name Karin Kelly. She briefly worked for Buffalo-based WGR-TV and WKBW-TV. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Ruth Ann Leach worked for WLAC-AM, as a television reporter and anchor for WTVF, and as a columnist for the Nashville Banner. She is married William Harnisch, and founded The Harnisch Foundation in 1998. After retiring from her journalism career, she chaired the board of the non-profit More Than Money, whose coaching program inspired Harnisch to learn about professional coaching. She joined the International Coach Federation and the International Association of Coaches. In 2006, she co-founded The Foundation of Coaching.

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Biography from TMDB.

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

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 22% in 30 days

What are Ruth Ann Harnisch's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary28 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
28%
Society
17%
Power
16%
Morality
14%
Survival
11%
Bonds
8%
Ideas
7%
Purpose10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 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 14 · Serious 11 · Dark 10

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

Grounded 31 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 15 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

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

Steady 26 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 25 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 27 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 13 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 10

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

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
21
Hopeful
20
Tense
10
Melancholic
12
Warm
10
Other
22

How their films linger

Thought-provoking20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet17
  • Ambiguous11
  • Other1

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 Ruth Ann Harnisch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ruth Ann Harnisch'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

52 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page.

  • Rapinoe(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Cookie Queens(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • State of Firsts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Miss Representation: Rise Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Ask E. Jean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Natchez(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Seized(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Women Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Viva Verdi! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Satisfied(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Librarians(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • We Are Pat(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Runa Simi(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • She Runs the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Arrest the Midwife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Heightened Scrutiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Life After(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Sally(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Maya and the Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Patrice: The Movie(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Look Into My Eyes(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Mrs Robinson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Love to the Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Joonam(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Another Body(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Breaking the News(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Art for Everybody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Confessions of a Good Samaritan(2023)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Plan C(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Story & Pictures By(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Big Payback(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Battleground(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Art & Krimes by Krimes(2021)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Body Parts(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • 32 Sounds(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • My Name Is Andrea(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sell/Buy/Date(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Act Social (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Associate Producer

  • Lady Buds(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The House of Tomorrow(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Night Comes On(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Feeling of Being Watched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Unrest(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Lucky(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Columbus(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Humor Me(2017)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Hunting Ground(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Paul Robeson Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles, 42 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Lucky (2017)

$2.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Natchez (2025)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Lucky (2017)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing43 of 43: 43 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score82nd

By decade

2010s8 · crew2020s34 · 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.

How do Ruth Ann Harnisch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of the 34 of 35 with a score; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 34 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Cookie Queens (2026)

99th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Runa Simi (2025)

Midcredits 99th · 91% 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 Ruth Ann Harnisch's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ruth Ann Harnisch work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ruth Ann Harnisch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Harnisch shares the most, 15.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers