
Robert Persichetti Jr. (born September 28, 1970) is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist. He is best known for co-directing the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Persichetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 28, 1970 (56)
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Producer, director and writer
- 10 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Bob Persichetti's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- 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 Bob Persichetti's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bob Persichetti'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
10 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.


The Tiger's Apprentice(2024)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Playmobil: The Movie(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Little Prince(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Puss in Boots(2011)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2005 to 2024.

Biggest box office
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Highest rated
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Film career
- 2011Screen debut· Puss in Boots
Awards
an Oscar and 2 BAFTA Awards from 3 major nominations, 2019.
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Featured Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Feature Film
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 Bob Persichetti's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of the 8 of 9 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 4 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 Bob Persichetti's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Bob Persichetti work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bob Persichetti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Phil Lord shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Phil LordShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Phil Lord

Actors
- Brian Tyree HenryShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Tyree Henry

- Hailee SteinfeldShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hailee Steinfeld

- Jake JohnsonShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jake Johnson

- Luna Lauren VelezShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Luna Lauren Velez

Composers and editors
- Daniel PembertonShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Pemberton

- Michael AndrewsShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Andrews

- Matt LandonShared titles: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), The Little Prince (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Landon

Producers
- Amy PascalShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Pascal

- Avi AradShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Avi Arad

- Christina SteinbergShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christina Steinberg

- Christopher MillerShared titles: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Miller

