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Ted Sarandos

Ted Sarandos

Producer, also actor · Born July 30, 1964 (62) · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Producers Guild Award winner

Ted Sarandos is a member of Spotify's board of directors. He has been a member of the board of directors since September 13, 2016. In addition to his role on the board of directors, Mr. Sarandos serves on the board of directors of Netflix, as well as the Film Advisory Board of Directors for Tribeca Film Festival, the board of directors of American Cinematheque, and the advisory board of Film Independent. Mr. Sarandos is also an American Film Institute trustee, an Executive Committee Member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and serves on the board of directors of Exploring the Arts. He also serves as the co-CEO and Chief Content Officer of Netflix and has led content acquisition for Netflix since 2000.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 30, 1964 (62)
From
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 36% in 30 days

What are Ted Sarandos' films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 7 · Dark 5

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 7

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 8 · Intense 8

Steady 12 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 2

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 11

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 2

Casual 16 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
13
Tense
11
Joyful
11
Dread
4
Thrilling
6
Other
27

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

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 Ted Sarandos' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (23).

Subscription and free streaming for Ted Sarandos' 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

31 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles from 1989 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 27: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleProducing24 of 27: 24 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew1 of 27: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting2000s3 · crew2010s21 · crew2020s2 · 1 acting · 1 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.

Awards

Won a Producers Guild Award in 2020.

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 Ted Sarandos' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th5

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Ted Sarandos' work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles25–89 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles7–66 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles32–89 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles15–74 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles24–87 · median 39 · moderatenear 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 Ted Sarandos work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ted Sarandos' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pauline Fischer shares the most, 17.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles