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Clay Kaytis

Clay Kaytis

Director, writer and producer · Born March 22, 1973 (53) · Orange County, California, USA

Clay Kaytis (born March 22, 1973) is an American animator and film director, best known for directing the animated film The Angry Birds Movie (2016), the Christmas comedy film The Christmas Chronicles (2018), and the A Christmas Story sequel A Christmas Story Christmas (2022). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 22, 1973 (53)
From
Orange County, California, USA
Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
13 on MovieCove

What are Clay Kaytis' films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 7 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
5
Joyful
5
Warm
5
Bittersweet
2
Thrilling
2
Other
2

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet1

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 Clay Kaytis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Clay Kaytis' 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

13 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 2000 to 2022.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 13: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting5 of 13: 1 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thWriting3 of 13: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 13: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew7 of 13: 7 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score90th

13 titles, 4 with more than one role.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew2020s6 · 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 Clay Kaytis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Clay Kaytis' 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 26 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 16 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 39

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

Who does Clay Kaytis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Clay Kaytis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Galatis shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers