Jacob Stacey Schreier (born 1981) is an American director. He was a founding member of Waverly Films, a Brooklyn-based filmmaking collective. He joined Park Pictures in 2006, releasing his first feature film, Robot & Frank, in 2012. In 2015, he released Paper Towns, an adaptation of the 2008 novel by John Green. He directed the 2025 Marvel Studios superhero film Thunderbolts*. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Schreier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 29, 1981 (45)
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Director and producer, also actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Jake Schreier's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
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 7
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Jake Schreier's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Jake Schreier'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
25 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Untitled X-Men Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Thunderbolts*(2025)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Skeleton Crew(2024)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Beef(2023)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
We Cry Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Minx(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Premise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Brand New Cherry Flavor(2021)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Dave(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Kidding(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Lodge 49(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Spider-Man: Homecoming(2017)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
I'm Dying Up Here(2017)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Creative Control(2015)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Paper Towns(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Clown(2014)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Alpha House(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
First Winter(2012)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Robot & Frank(2012)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Magic Valley(2011)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Shameless(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Natural Selection(2011)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
I Can See You(2008)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Christopher Ford Sees a Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
A full career of 23 titles, 22 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.
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 Primetime Emmy and 3 other major awards from 8 major nominations, 2012–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · International
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Scripted Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Sundance award, won
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 Jake Schreier's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 7 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.
Is Jake Schreier's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
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 Jake Schreier work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jake Schreier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Watts shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Christopher FordShared titles: Skeleton Crew (2024), Robot & Frank (2012), I Can See You (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher Ford
Editors
- Jacob CraycroftShared titles: Paper Towns (2015), Robot & Frank (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob Craycroft
- Jennifer LameShared titles: Paper Towns (2015), First Winter (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Lame
Producers
- Jon WattsShared titles: Skeleton Crew (2024), First Winter (2012), Magic Valley (2011), Natural Selection (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Jon Watts
- Cody RyderShared titles: First Winter (2012), Robot & Frank (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Cody Ryder
Mixed roles
- Benjamin DickinsonShared titles: First Winter (2012), I Can See You (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Benjamin Dickinson
