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Steve Bencich

Writer, actor, producer and director

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve Bencich is an American screenwriter best known for his work with Ron J. Friedman. Bencich and Friedman have collaborated on screenplays for several animated films, including Brother Bear, Chicken Little and Open Season. DreamWorks has purchased their comedy screenplay Gullible's Travels, about a gullible man who travels in time in a portable toilet. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Bencich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Writer, actor, producer and director
Titles
15 on MovieCove
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 7% in 30 days

What are Steve Bencich's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 9 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Casual 10 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
8
Warm
7
Tense
3
Hopeful
4
Dread
3
Other
17

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Steve Bencich's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Steve Bencich'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

15 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 2003 to 2026.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 15: 2 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting1 of 15: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting7 of 15: 6 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thProducing3 of 15: 3 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew3 of 15: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s4 · 2 acting · 2 crew2020s6 · 1 acting · 6 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 Steve Bencich's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th6

Reviewers score the dialogue 34/100 and the plot and story 33/100 in their films, across 12 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 Steve Bencich's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles9–41 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Steve Bencich work with?

People who share at least 2 of Steve Bencich's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ron J. Friedman shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles