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Rachel Lee Goldenberg

Rachel Lee Goldenberg

Director, producer, writer and editor · United States

Primetime Emmy winner · 1 other major award body

Rachel Lee Goldenberg is an American film director and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Lee Goldenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

From
United States
Works as
Director, producer, writer and editor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 72% in 30 days

What are Rachel Lee Goldenberg's films like?

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

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 2nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Mystery2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Mystery 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
Bonds
34%
Self
22%
Survival
21%
Power
10%
Morality
6%
Society
5%
Ideas
2%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 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 8 · Serious 7 · Dark 2

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 6 · Charged 11 · Intense 0

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 15 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Joyful
7
Absurd
6
Hopeful
6
Warm
4
Other
16

How their films linger

Feel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

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 Rachel Lee Goldenberg's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rachel Lee Goldenberg'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, 27 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Swiped(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tiny Beautiful Things(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Minx(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Unpregnant(2020)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Valley Girl(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Everything's Gonna Be Okay(2020)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Looking for Alaska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Angie Tribeca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • A Deadly Adoption(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Man Seeking Woman(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Z Nation(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Snackpocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer

  • Mary Poppins Quits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Search Party(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Escape from Polygamy(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love at the Christmas Table(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Mindy Project(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Grimm's Snow White(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Let Go(2011)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Princess and the Pony(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Lapse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Production Manager

  • The 7 Adventures of Sinbad(2010)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes(2010)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Princess of Mars(2009)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • MegaFault(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Transmorphers: Fall of Man(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Dragonquest(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Countdown: Jerusalem(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • 18-Year-Old Virgin(2009)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Sunday School Musical(2008)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Death Racers(2008)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Street Racer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Line Producer

  • AVH: Alien vs. Hunter(2007)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Six (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 32 titles, 31 of them dated from 2007 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Search Party (2014)

$118K worldwide

Highest rated

Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020)

Midcredits 70th

Most popular right now

Tiny Beautiful Things (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing20 of 32: 14 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thWriting4 of 32: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing8 of 32: 7 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score2ndEditing2 of 32: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew5 of 32: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

32 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s10 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s5 · 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

a Primetime Emmy from 2 major nominations, 2014–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · TV & Streaming Motion Pictures
  2. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment 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 Rachel Lee Goldenberg's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 6th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 15th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

7thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · director

Princess and the Pony (2011)

93rd percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Man Seeking Woman (2015)

Midcredits 77th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 42/100 and the pacing 36/100 in their films, across 17 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 Rachel Lee Goldenberg's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles22–63 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles35–67 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles39–69 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian 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 Rachel Lee Goldenberg work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rachel Lee Goldenberg's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Michael Latt shares the most, 10.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers