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Bruce Geller

Bruce Geller

Writer, producer and director · Died May 21, 1978, aged 47 · New York City, New York, USA

2 Primetime Emmys · 1 other major award body

Bruce Bernard Geller (October 13, 1930–May 21, 1978) was an American lyricist, screenwriter, director, and television producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Geller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 13, 1930
Died
May 21, 1978 (aged 47)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Writer, producer and director
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 6% in 30 days

What are Bruce Geller's films like?

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

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
Morality
38%
Bonds
35%
Self
12%
Survival
9%
Power
6%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 4

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

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
6
Romantic
3
Joyful
1
Contemplative
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Fun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet3
  • 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 Bruce Geller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bruce Geller'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

30 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning(2025)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One(2023)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout(2018)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation(2015)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol(2011)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible III(2006)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible II(2000)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible(1996)

    Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show Creator

  • The Savage Bees(1976)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Fear on Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Judge Abraham Geller

  • Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 25 episodes · Producer

  • Harry in Your Pocket(1973)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Creator · Producer

  • Corky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer

  • Mission: Impossible - The Falcon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Executive Producer

  • Mission Impossible Versus the Mob(1969)

    Executive Producer · Original Series Creator

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible - The Bunker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Executive Producer

  • Mission: Impossible - The Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Executive Producer

  • Mannix(1967)

    Show 194 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Creator · Executive Producer

  • Mission: Impossible(1966)

    Show 171 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Losers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer · Story · Teleplay

  • Sail a Crooked Ship(1961)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Westerner(1960)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 217 episodes · Producer

  • The Rifleman(1958)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 5 episodes · Writer

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 30 titles from 1956 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

$695M worldwide

Highest rated

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Mission: Impossible (1996)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 30: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting3 of 30: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting18 of 30: 13 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thProducing14 of 30: 6 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stOther crew5 of 30: 1 only other crew, 4 with another role

30 titles, 9 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1950s5 · crew1960s9 · crew1970s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew1980s1 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s2 · 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.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys from 9 major nominations, 1961–1973.

WinNomination
  1. 1973
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing
  2. 1972
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Series - Drama
  3. 1969
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Dramatic Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
  4. 1967
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Dramatic Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
  5. 1964
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Anthology, Any Length
  6. 1962
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
  7. 1961
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Anthology Drama, 30 Minutes in Length

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 Bruce Geller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer, producer

Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969)

72nd percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 7 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 Bruce Geller's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 64 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 62 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Bruce Geller work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bruce Geller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tom Cruise shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles