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Greg Boustead

Greg Boustead

Producer

Greg Boustead is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer. He founded Sandbox Films in 2019 to tell more artful and inclusive stories about science and the natural world. Until leaving to pursue independent projects in 2024, Greg oversaw all aspects of the company - from editorial direction and on-location production to general strategy and green-lighting projects. Greg's 20+-year career in science journalism spans editorial, production, and writing. He's played key roles on many feature-length documentaries - including as executive producer for "Fire of Love" (which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2023); "Andre Is an Idiot" (which won the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sundance in 2025); "Human Nature" (which was nominated for three Emmys and acquired by Netflix); "Fireball" (a documentary directed by Werner Herzog that was acquired by Apple+); "Fathom" (which won the Emmy Award for Best Sound in a Documentary in 2022); and "Nocturnes" (which won the Special Jury Prize for Craft at Sundance in 2024). Greg is also contributing producer and helped put together the initial teams for "Underland," a documentary feature based on the globally bestselling book, which premiered at Tribeca in 2025, and was produced by Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"; "The Whale") and Spring Films ("The Act of Killing").

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Works as
Producer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are Greg Boustead's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
33%
Self
29%
Survival
16%
Society
8%
Morality
8%
Bonds
5%
Power
2%
Purpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 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 8 · Serious 7 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 11 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 9 · Charged 6 · Intense 0

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

Steady 13 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 2 · 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 5 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 2

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
13
Hopeful
9
Melancholic
5
Joyful
4
Tense
4
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous8

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 Greg Boustead's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Greg Boustead'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

18 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • André Is an Idiot(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Underland(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Nocturnes(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Wilfred Buck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • The Arc of Oblivion(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Confessions of a Good Samaritan(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Fire of Love(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • How to Survive a Pandemic(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Wildcat(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Fathom(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • All Light, Everywhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • In Silico(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Red Heaven(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Edge of All We Know(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Human Nature(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Untitled Fire of Love Narrative Adaptation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2020 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Fire of Love (2022)

$1.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Fire of Love (2022)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing14 of 14: 14 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

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 Greg Boustead's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

How to Survive a Pandemic (2022)

85th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Fire of Love (2022)

Midcredits 97th · 85% 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.

Who does Greg Boustead work with?

People who share at least 2 of Greg Boustead's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jessica Harrop shares the most, 14.

Producers

Mixed roles