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Amy Trefry

Amy Trefry

Actor and producer

Amy Trefry is a queer, non-binary Canadian filmmaker and performer whose work is largely devoted to finding levity in subjects that are categorically not funny. Death, grief, body image, animal smuggling, and other lighthearted themes are central to their recent projects. They are the co-founder and owner of Interwoven Films, a production company dedicated to non-binary, female, and LGBTQIA+ storytelling, ideally at the precise intersection of empathy and discomfort. They are a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre Producers Lab, the TIFF Writers Lab, and the RDV Canada: Meet the Series program, through which they were identified as one of ten emerging Canadian television producers. They are also the 2024 recipient of the Sloan Science and Technology Fellowship, a 2025 participant of the EAVE Producers Marketing Workshop, and a current participant in the Women in the Director’s Chair Story & Leadership Program. In 2025, they were named one of Playback’s Top 10 to Watch, which they took as permission to keep going. Trefry writes and directs the original series Good Grief (OUTtv), which they co-created with their long-time film partner Katerina Bakolias, and which won Best Newform Drama at the International Drama Awards in London for its first season, a distinction they mention often and without irony. Season 2 premiered in 2025. The series, set in a maritime drag bar, continues to explore inter-generational queer friendship, glamour, and the inevitability of death, all through the medium of comedy.

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Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Amy Trefry's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Thriller3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
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Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st 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
Survival
50%
Morality
15%
Bonds
12%
Power
10%
Self
7%
Society
3%
Ideas
3%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
6
Contemplative
3
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous2

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 Amy Trefry's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Trefry'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.

Career shape

Across their 9 MovieCove titles from 2017 to 2026.

Highest rated

Magic in Mistletoe (2023)

Midcredits 50th

Most popular right now

Tin Can (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 9: 5 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score23rdProducing4 of 9: 4 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s1 · acting2020s8 · 4 acting · 4 crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

How do Amy Trefry's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

The Boy with My Son's Face (2026)

86th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story (2025)

Midcredits 74th · 51% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Amy Trefry work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Trefry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruce Harvey shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers