Brent Ryan Green

Producer and director · Born March 19, 1984 (42) · Oklahoma, USA

Filmmaker Brent Ryan Green has worked on over sixty projects for film and television throughout his career, notably producing Martin Scorsese's film Silence and the box office hit I Can Only Imagine. Brent's recent production of Wild Indian premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Brent has directed multiple award winning feature-length and short films. His works include the coming of age stories, Paper Flower, which filmed in Tokyo, and Half Good Killer, which filmed in South Africa. Brent has directed numerous accomplished actors, including Booboo Steward and Q'orianka Kilcher in Running Deer. His action-adventure film, The Veil, stars William Levy and William Moseley. Other notable talent Brent has directed includes Tara Reid, Serinda Swan, and Kevin Dillon. In addition, Brent has been a showrunner on two television series, producing sixteen episodes and directing two. Most recently, Brent directed the second unit for the upcoming feature film, Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid.

What are Brent Ryan Green's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Genres

Drama13 titles57^th

Comedy3 titles31^st

Action2 titles39^th

Biography2 titles84^th

Crime2 titles28^th

Documentary2 titles81^st

Thriller2 titles17^th

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

Morality

31%

Society

21%

Bonds

16%

Self

15%

Survival

9%

Power

5%

Ideas

2%

Faith12 Family bonds7 Redemption8 Sacrifice6 Justice4 Self-worth4 Purpose4 Community4

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 27

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 11 · Dark 11

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 24 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 15 · Intense 4

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 17 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 2

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 10

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

16

Hopeful

16

Melancholic

12

Contemplative

7

Warm

6

Other

23

How their films linger

Hopeful21 Rousing8 Feel-good6 Cathartic5 Unsettling4 Bittersweet3

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Happy15
Bittersweet12
Ambiguous2

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 Brent Ryan Green's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Great American Pure Flix4 titles, show their 4 titles on Great American Pure Flix
ViX3 titles, show their 3 titles on ViX
Wonder Project3 titles, show their 3 titles on Wonder Project
UP Faith & Family2 titles, show their 2 titles on UP Faith & Family
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Lifetime Movie Club1 title, show their title on Lifetime Movie Club
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Brent Ryan Green'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

34 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page.

The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls(2026)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Pet Investigators(2025)
Director
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Unbreakable Boy(2025)
Co-Producer
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Reagan(2024)
Executive Producer · Second Unit Director
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Twisters(2024)
Production Consultant
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
A Christmas... Present(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Unexpected(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Prisoner of Love(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Cheer for Your Life(2021)
Consulting Producer
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Wild Indian(2021)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
College Professor Obsession(2021)
Director
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
A Country Romance(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
American Underdog(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
God's Not Dead: We the People(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
My Terrorized Teen(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Chosen(2017)
Show 8 episodes · Co-Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
One of the Good Ones(2019)
Producer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Christmas Manger(2018)
Director
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
I Can Only Imagine(2018)
Producer
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Amendment(2018)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Veil(2017)
Director · Producer · as Young Evil Emperor
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Silence(2016)
Associate Producer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Encounter(2016)
Show 8 episodes · Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Gospel of Matthew(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Gospel of Mark(2015)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Do You Believe?(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Janey Makes a Play(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Gospel of Luke(2015)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Gospel of John(2014)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
23 Blast(2014)
Producer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
God's Not Dead(2014)
Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Running Deer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Director
End of the Spear(2005)
Co-Producer
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Beyond the Gates of Splendor(2002)
Producer
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 2005 to 2025.

Biggest box office

I Can Only Imagine (2018)

$86M worldwide

Highest rated

The Gospel of John (2014)

Midcredits 92^nd

Film career

2017Screen debut· The Veil

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting1 of 20Directing6 of 20 · 30^thProducing15 of 20 · 55^thOther crew2 of 20

20 titles, 3 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew2020s9 · 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 Brent Ryan Green's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52^nd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

51^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

44^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

75^th and up10
50^th to 74^th8
25^th to 49^th9
Below 25^th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 33 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved1
Loved with Detractors1
Divisive8
Cult Classic5
Crowd Pleaser7
Mixed11

Most divisive · producer

God's Not Dead: We the People (2021)

99^th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Chosen (2017)

Midcredits 99^th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 23 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 Brent Ryan Green's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films and sex & nudity and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore5 titles23–75 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity7 titles10–23 · median 15 · minimallighter than most films

Profanity5 titles13–36 · median 18 · mildlighter than most films

Alcohol & Drugs5 titles14–53 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense5 titles20–73 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most films

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.