Jeff Kleeman
Jeff Kleeman graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English. He curated exhibits at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and ran a Story Department at Carolco. In 1987 Jeff joined Paramount Pictures and was a development and production executive on "Internal Affairs", "The Hunt for Red October", "Shirley Valentine", and "Star Trek 6". He was also responsible for the development of "Deep Cover", later produced and released by New Line. In 1991 Jeff became Vice President of Production for Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope where he worked on "Bram Stoker's Dracula", initiated Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow", was Associate Producer on "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", Co-Producer on "Kidnapped", and Executive Producer on "Haunted" and "The Titanic". Jeff joined MGM/UA in 1993 where he was Executive Vice President of Production. He was responsible for overseeing the revitalization of the James Bond franchise, beginning with "Goldeneye", then "Tomorrow Never Dies", and "The World is Not Enough". He oversaw the development and production of "Rob Roy", "Hackers", and "The Thomas Crown Affair", and he was responsible for the acquisition of "Leaving Las Vegas." While at MGM/UA Jeff also developed "Cold Mountain", "Heartbreakers" and "The Pink Panther". In 1999 Jeff left MGM/UA to work with Robert Redford developing strategies for Mr. Redford's future Sundance Entertainment Ventures. He also served on the Board of Directors of The Sundance Channel. In 2004, Jeff was hired by Sony Pictures Animation to write the story for "Hotel Transylvania". In 2005, Jeff co-created/show-ran "Misconceptions", a multi-camera sitcom for The WB. In 2006 he wrote a single camera comedy, "Roll With It" for Fox Television. In 2007 he wrote a one hour drama pilot, "Sleeping Beauty" for ABC, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick. He also returned to MGM/UA as Executive Vice-President of Motion Picture Production. In September 2008, Jeff joined David Dobkin as President of Big Kid Pictures. In 2010 Jeff wrote a one hour pilot for Warner Bros. Television based on the film, "Time After Time". He also Executive Produced the film, "The Change-Up", which was released on August 5th, 2011, by Universal. Jeff was Executive Producer on the single camera half-hour series, "Friends With Benefits", which aired on NBC in 2011. Jeff is an Executive Producer on "The Judge", a Warner Bros. feature scheduled for release in October 2014. He is a writer on the Guy Ritchie directed "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." feature that Warner Bros. is releasing in 2015. In August 2012, Jeff became President of Ellen Degeneres's company, A Very Good Production. They are currently in production on three series that will air in 2015 as well as a web series that will stream in Fall 2014. Jeff is a member of the USC Cinema School faculty where he teaches graduate courses on film development, production and the studio system. He has lectured at Yale, UCLA, Northwestern and at several film conferences as well as taught Film Independent's Screenwriter's Lab. Jeff has chaired Film Independent's Spirit Awards Nominating Committee. He has served on the board of directors of The Sundance Channel, IFP West, The Los Angeles Film Festival Advisory Committee and served as a judge for the International Thriller Writers Best Screenplay Award. Jeff currently chairs the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Screening Committee. Jeff is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Writer's Guild of America, The Producers Guild of America, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The British Academy of Film & Television.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 16 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Jeff Kleeman's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Jeff Kleeman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Kleeman'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
21 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Tig Notaro: Drawn(2021)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Green Eggs and Ham(2019)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Splitting Up Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Little Big Shots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(2015)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Vacation(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
One Big Happy(2015)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Judge(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Friends with Benefits(2011)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
The Change-Up(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Titanic(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Haunted(1995)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all filmsCastle Hangnail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Jekyll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Joy Luck Club 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 17 of them dated from 1994 to 2023.
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 Jeff Kleeman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
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 Jeff Kleeman's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
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 Jeff Kleeman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeff Kleeman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ellen DeGeneres shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Tig NotaroShared titles: Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021), Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (2018), Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Tig Notaro
Actors
- Ellen DeGeneresShared titles: Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure (2023), Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021), Green Eggs and Ham (2019), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019), Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (2018), Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (2018), One Big Happy (2015)See all 7 shared titles with Ellen DeGeneres
- Aidan QuinnShared titles: Haunted (1995), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Aidan Quinn
Producers
- Fred FuchsShared titles: Titanic (1996), Haunted (1995), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Fred Fuchs
- Hunter SeidmanShared titles: Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021), Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hunter Seidman
- Rachel AbarbanellShared titles: Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel Abarbanell
- David DobkinShared titles: Green Eggs and Ham (2019), The Change-Up (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David Dobkin
