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Chris Stinson

Chris Stinson

Producer · Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Chris Stinson is a Producer and Line Producer who aims to work with kind human beings. He is from New Hampshire and is a wicked die-hard Red Sox fan who likes making films in New England and some of them have garnered critical acclaim like Sound Of Metal (Six Oscar Nominations and Two Wins), Knives Out (Oscar Nominated), and The Holdovers (Five Oscar Nominations and One Win). Most recently a couple more made-in-Massachusetts films include The Drama (Zendaya and Robert Pattinson with Square Peg and A24) and the Untitled Anthony Bourdain Film (A24 and Star Thrower). Both will be coming to a theater near you in 2026, if theaters still exist. Before the California Tax Credit was hard to get Chris spent his first 22 years making films primarily in Los Angeles but then hit the road to see what the rest of the planet has to offer and made films all over the place like Somewhere In Queens (NYC) with Ray Romano, the Untitled Trey Parker Film with the South Park team (Denver and Wyoming), Suncoast with Laura Linney, Nico Parker and Woody Harrelson and Searchlight Pictures (Charleston, South Carolina), the untitled Alexander Payne film with Zentropa and Netflix (Sweden, Denmark, Ohio and Canada) oh and Night Always Comes, another Netflix film (Portland, Oregon) with some amazing Brits like Ben Caron, Jodie Caron and Lauren Dark. He has worked on over 35 narrative feature films and many of his other films including Leave No Trace, Low Down, Me and You and Everyone We Know and Chronic, have gone on to win awards at film festivals like Sundance and Cannes and several have been nominated for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. In 2005 he was chosen to participate in the Film Independent Producing Lab led by the amazing Josh Welsh and in 2010 he won the Van McLeod film award, named after his NH based mentor. He studied film production at Lyndon State College and Columbia College Chicago but highly recommends watching Lars Von Trier's The Five Obstructions if you want the expedited version of how to make a great film. His production company Live Free Or Die Films has several feature films in development and his spirit animals are Mister Rogers and Billy Jack.

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From
Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Chris Stinson's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Crime 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
Self
29%
Survival
26%
Bonds
21%
Morality
12%
Society
7%
Ideas
3%
Power
2%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 6 · Dark 10

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

Grounded 14 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 10 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 10 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 7 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 12

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
12
Tense
8
Contemplative
9
Dread
5
Hopeful
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Chris Stinson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Chris Stinson'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

28 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tony(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Drama(2026)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Night Always Comes(2025)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Fear of Flying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Suncoast(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Holdovers(2023)

    Line Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere in Queens(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Sound of Metal(2019)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Knives Out(2019)

    Production Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • All Creatures Here Below(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile(2019)

    Line Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Leave No Trace(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Woodshock(2017)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Lovers(2017)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Nina(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Chronic(2015)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Truth(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Low Down(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Future(2011)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Terri(2011)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Don McKay(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Welcome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Co-Producer

  • The Hammer(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Undoing(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Starcrossed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • 13 Moons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Production Coordinator

  • Birdseye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Production Coordinator

  • The Million Dollar Kid(2000)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 2000 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Drama (2026)

$135M worldwide

Highest rated

The Holdovers (2023)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Drama (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing17 of 22: 12 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew10 of 22: 5 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score67th

22 titles, 5 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s8 · 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 Chris Stinson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Undoing (2006)

97th percentile spread · 54% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Holdovers (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 92% 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 Chris Stinson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles9–54 · median 23 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles13–56 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles33–75 · median 72 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles33–61 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles26–58 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all 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 Chris Stinson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chris Stinson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amy Greene shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers