- Director, writer and producer, also actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
What are Bill Persky's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 5
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- 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 Bill Persky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bill Persky'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
32 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Working It Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Knight & Daye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Water(1985)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Who's the Boss?(1984)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Kate & Allie(1984)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Found Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all filmsBakers' Dozen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Comedy of Horrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Serial(1980)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
How to Pick Up Girls!(1978)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Waverly Wonders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Baby, I'm Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Betty White Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Busting Loose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Alice(1976)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Welcome Back, Kotter(1975)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all showsThe Montefuscos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Big Eddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Lotsa Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The New Dick Van Dyke Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Pure Goldie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Three for Tahiti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Good Morning World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
That Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Julie Andrews Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 32 titles from 1961 to 1990.
Biggest box office
Serial (1980)
Highest rated
Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
Most popular right now
Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
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 Bill Persky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 42/100 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.