Jay is the co-founder of Matador, a full-service content production company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Prior to founding Matador, Jay served as COO/EVP, Production and Development of Original Media. He is the former president of K2 Pictures, Inc., a full service film and television production company based in New York City. Jay started in Network News working for ABC's World News Tonight. He then moved on to MTV Networks as a Business Manager, transitioning to the Programming and Development Departments of VH1 where he became a Director. While at VH1, Jay served as the Executive in Charge of Production and Supervising Producer for the series Storytellers and Hard Rock Live, tent pole events such as Divas Live and The Fashion Awards and documentary series- RockStory and 100 Greatest Artists. Jay holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 35 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Known for
What are Jay Peterson's films like?
Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
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 13
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 12 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 6 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 12 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet12
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical11
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 Jay Peterson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Jay Peterson'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
43 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Raoul's, a New York Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Nonnas(2025)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
K-Pop Idols(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
War Game(2024)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Downey's Dream Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
BS High(2023)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Love Joy(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Kids Tonight Show(2021)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Dear...(2020)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Wig(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Going from Broke(2019)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Knight Fight(2019)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Big Papi Needs a Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Fightworld(2018)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
The Who Was? Show(2018)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Love, Cecil(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Boy Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Cosplay Melee(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
SafeWord(2017)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Rape of Recy Taylor(2017)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Big Fix Alaska(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Geeking Out(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
My Life Is a Telenovela(2016)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Do Not Disturb: Hotel Horrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Hellevator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
By Sidney Lumet(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Lip Sync Battle(2015)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Banksy Does New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Country Buck$(2014)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Epic Ink(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Nail'd It!(2014)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Swamp People(2010)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Dual Survival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
BBQ Pitmasters(2009)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Storm Chasers(2007)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Same Sex America(2006)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 26 titles from 2005 to 2025.
Biggest box office
War Game (2024)
Highest rated
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
Most popular right now
Swamp People (2010)
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
6 major nominations and no wins, 2016–2025.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Structured Reality Program
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Structured Reality Program
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Structured Reality Program
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 Jay Peterson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
16 of their 35 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive7
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed16
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 Jay Peterson's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jay Peterson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jay Peterson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Todd Lubin shares the most, 28.
Directors
- Nancy BuirskiShared titles: The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017), By Sidney Lumet (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Nancy Buirski
Writers
- Jerry CaritaShared titles: Going from Broke (2019), Knight Fight (2019), SafeWord (2017), Big Fix Alaska (2016), Geeking Out (2016), My Life Is a Telenovela (2016), Epic Ink (2014), BBQ Pitmasters (2009)See all 8 shared titles with Jerry Carita
- Brian McCannShared titles: The Kids Tonight Show (2021), The Who Was? Show (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Brian McCann
Actors
- Brooke ShieldsShared titles: Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brooke Shields
- Isaac MizrahiShared titles: Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017), Love, Cecil (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Isaac Mizrahi
Cinematographers and editors
- Ezra PaekShared titles: K-Pop Idols (2024), History's Crazy Rich Ancients (2022), Knight Fight (2019), Wig (2019), Give Me Future: Major Lazer in Cuba (2017), Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017), Big Fix Alaska (2016), Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), Epic Ink (2014), Storm Chasers (2007)See all 10 shared titles with Ezra Paek
- Bryan DeBlasioShared titles: Big Fix Alaska (2016), Geeking Out (2016), Country Buck$ (2014), Epic Ink (2014), Nail'd It! (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Bryan DeBlasio
- Brian HartoughShared titles: Knight Fight (2019), Big Fix Alaska (2016), Geeking Out (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Brian Hartough
- Bradford WhitakerShared titles: Big Fix Alaska (2016), Geeking Out (2016), Country Buck$ (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Bradford Whitaker
Producers
- Todd LubinShared titles: Nonnas (2025), Sneaker Wars: Adidas v Puma (2025), K-Pop Idols (2024), War Game (2024), BS High (2023), Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), History's Crazy Rich Ancients (2022), Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021), Love Joy (2021), The Kids Tonight Show (2021), Dear... (2020), Going from Broke (2019) and 16 moreSee newest 12 of 28 shared titles with Todd Lubin
- Jack TurnerShared titles: Nonnas (2025), Sneaker Wars: Adidas v Puma (2025), K-Pop Idols (2024), War Game (2024), BS High (2023), Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), Wig (2019), Give Me Future: Major Lazer in Cuba (2017), Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017), Love, Cecil (2017), The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017), By Sidney Lumet (2015) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Jack Turner
- Mark DiCristofaroShared titles: K-Pop Idols (2024), War Game (2024), BS High (2023), Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021), Dear... (2020), Wig (2019), The Who Was? Show (2018), SafeWord (2017), Geeking Out (2016), Country Buck$ (2014), Nail'd It! (2014)See all 12 shared titles with Mark DiCristofaro
- Leah Culton GonzalezShared titles: Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), Going from Broke (2019), Wig (2019), The Who Was? Show (2018), The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017), BBQ Pitmasters (2009), Storm Chasers (2007)See all 7 shared titles with Leah Culton Gonzalez
Mixed roles
- Jenna RosherShared titles: Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021), Dear... (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jenna Rosher
- Jack KyserShared titles: The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017), By Sidney Lumet (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Kyser
