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Roy Lee

Producer · Born March 23, 1969 (57) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

BAFTA Award winner · 1 other major award body

Roy Lee is an American film and television producer best known for bringing international horror films to Hollywood and developing some of the genre's most successful modern franchises. As the founder of Vertigo Entertainment, he has produced acclaimed films including The Ring, The Grudge, It, Barbarian, Late Night with the Devil, and Companion. Lee has also played a key role in bringing internet-born horror to mainstream audiences, serving as a producer on Backrooms, the feature adaptation of Kane Parsons' viral YouTube phenomenon. His work spans horror, thriller, science fiction, and action, making him one of the most influential producers in contemporary genre cinema.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 23, 1969 (57)
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
100 on MovieCove · 171 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 155 days to Oct 26

What are Roy Lee's films like?

Across their 85 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Horror33 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Drama21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 95th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Fantasy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile
: browse their Fantasy 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
Survival
40%
Self
16%
Morality
16%
Bonds
16%
Society
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
3%
Survival34 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma27 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief15 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 83 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 17 · Dark 56

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

Grounded 29 · Stylized 38 · Heightened 16

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 16 · Intense 65

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

Steady 19 · Shifting 46 · Whiplash 18

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

Straight-faced 58 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 9

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

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 58 · Relentless 13

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

Casual 13 · Engaged 44 · Full focus 26

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 11 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 46

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 38 · Open-ended 35 · Ambiguous 10

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
64
Dread
60
Melancholic
26
Thrilling
14
Cold
15
Other
56

How their films linger

Unsettling47 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 38 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic11
  • Ambiguous33

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 Roy Lee's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 81 of their 100 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Roy Lee'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

171 credits, 100 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Gladys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    Producer

  • The Flood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    Producer

  • Blair Witch Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • A Minecraft Movie Squared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • Possession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Skeletons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • Anything but Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • The Shepherd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • What Happened to Doris?(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • The Liberation(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Crystal Lake(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • V/H/S/Mixtape(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Company(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hokum(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Undertone(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Psycho Killer(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Chapter 3(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Plague(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Vile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • It: Welcome to Derry(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Strangers: Chapter 2(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • V/H/S/Halloween(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Long Walk(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Weapons(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Until Dawn(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • A Minecraft Movie(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Companion(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Salem's Lot(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Woman of the Hour(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • V/H/S/Beyond(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Strange Darling(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Chapter 1(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Boy Kills World(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Late Night with the Devil(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Desert Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Dead Mail(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Ordinary Angels(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Baghead(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Cobweb(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Nimona(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Mother(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Don't Worry Darling(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Barbarian(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Watcher(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Them(2021)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Godzilla vs. Kong(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Stand(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • His House(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Brahms: The Boy II(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Turning(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Grudge(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Sleep(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • It: Chapter Two(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Polaroid(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Emmet's Holiday Party: A Lego Movie Short(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Extinction(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Shark E. Shark in "Which Way To The Ocean? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Unikitty!(2017)

    Show 104 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • It(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Death Note(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Cooking with Alfred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Batman Is Just Not That Into You(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Dark Hoser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • The Disaster Artist(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Batman Movie(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rings(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Sleepless(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of Iris(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Exorcist(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Blair Witch(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Rise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • The Boy(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Hidden(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Poltergeist(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Run All Night(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Enter the Ninjago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2(2014)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Flight 7500(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Movie(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Voices(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Oldboy(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Bates Motel(2013)

    Show 20 episodes · Consulting Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Asylum Blackout(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in Black(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Abduction(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Quarantine 2: Terminal(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Roommate(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon(2010)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Possession(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Grudge 3(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Uninvited(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Quarantine(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • My Sassy Girl(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Echo(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Shutter(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Eye(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Assassination of a High School President(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Invasion(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • I'm from Rolling Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Grudge 2(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Departed(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Lake House(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Eight Below(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Dark Water(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Ring Two(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Grudge(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Ring(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • 16 States (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • 4X4: The Event (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • American Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Archangel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • BioShock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Bishop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Cartoon Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Cujo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Dragon's Lair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Dungeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Every House Is Haunted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Fisherman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • God of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Home Safety Hotline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • I Pretended to Be a Missing Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • It's Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Kentucky Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Little One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Malibu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Man Vs. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Mice and Mystics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Milk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • MORA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Ness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Obey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Occupant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Outlast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Silent Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Siren Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Sundowning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • System (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Entity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Hawkline Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Sims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Vatican (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Worthless Remains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Torso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Curry Barker Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Judge Dredd Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim Horror Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • V/H/S: SCP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Vincent Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Where I End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 171 titles, 110 of them dated from 2002 to 2026.

Biggest box office

A Minecraft Movie (2025)

$960M worldwide

Highest rated

The Departed (2006)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Crystal Lake (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing171 of 171: 171 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score44th

By decade

2000s20 · crew2010s46 · crew2020s44 · 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

a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2014–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  2. 2021
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
  3. 2014
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Feature Film
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film

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 Roy Lee's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 93; across their 83 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 83

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 83

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 83

Midcredits score across 100 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th25
  • Below 25th30

Shape of the crowd

39 of their 100 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned4
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser31
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed39

Most divisive · producer

What Happened to Doris? (2026)

93rd percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Departed (2006)

Midcredits 99th · 94% 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.

Is Roy Lee's work okay for kids?

Across up to 75 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore75 titles35–92 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity75 titles7–49 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity71 titles18–87 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs72 titles7–62 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense73 titles37–89 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian 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 Roy Lee work with?

People who share at least 2 of Roy Lee's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Doug Davison shares the most, 24.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles