Mike Makowsky was born on 9 May 1991 in Bayside, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Bad Education (2019), Death by Lightning (2025) and I Think We're Alone Now (2018).
Biography from IMDb.
- May 9, 1991 (35)
- Bayside, New York, USA
- Producer and writer, also actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Mike Makowsky's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Mike Makowsky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Makowsky'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
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Death by Lightning(2025)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Beef(2023)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Bad Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
I Think We're Alone Now(2018)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Take Me(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Theodora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Open 24 Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Untitled George Santos Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2015 to 2025.
Biggest box office
I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Highest rated
Bad Education (2019)
Most popular right now
Death by Lightning (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 6 major nominations, 2020–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Limited Series
- Writers Guild Award, won · Limited Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Long Form
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Television Movie
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 Mike Makowsky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 51/100 in their films, across 3 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.
Is Mike Makowsky's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mike Makowsky work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Makowsky's MovieCove titles; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones shares the most, 2.
- Brian Kavanaugh-JonesShared titles: Bad Education (2019), I Think We're Alone Now (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
- Fred BergerShared titles: Bad Education (2019), I Think We're Alone Now (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Berger
