In 2019 Gordon became the first gender non-binary African-American costume designer to compete in competition at Cannes Film Festival with "Port Authority". In the last 4 years they've produced a fleet of acclaimed short films and a feature documentary called "Pier Kids". Gordon was also a winner of the Tribeca Film Institute's 2019, TFI All Access Grant and TFI Pond5 Program. Gordon is a Film Independent 2019 Producing Lab & Fast Track Lab fellow. Gordon's films have been official selection and won many awards in over 200 festivals combined. They're also a producer for the MIPCOM 2018 winner - GLAAD nominated documentary TV series, "My House", on Viceland. Gordon produced -Ship: a visual poem that won best U.S. Narrative short at Sundance 2020.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 18, 1992 (34)
- Producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Chester Algernal Gordon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
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 Chester Algernal Gordon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Chester Algernal Gordon'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
16 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
By Any Means(2026)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Inspection(2022)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Homegoing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
-Ship: A Visual Poem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Port Authority(2019)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Engaged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Fran This Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Hair Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
My House(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Life After(2017)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Walk for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Afronauts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Zhe Zhe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Arthur Ashe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.
Biggest box office
By Any Means (2026)
Highest rated
The Inspection (2022)
Most popular right now
By Any Means (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2023, Best First Feature.
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 Chester Algernal Gordon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed3
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 Chester Algernal Gordon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chester Algernal Gordon's MovieCove titles; Elegance Bratton shares the most, 4.
- Elegance BrattonShared titles: By Any Means (2026), The Inspection (2022), My House (2018), Life After (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Elegance Bratton
