Gene Gallerano is an Emmy, Grammy, and Peabody Award-winning producer, filmmaker, and actor whose work spans from heart-pounding adventure stories to deeply human character studies. He got his start in Hollywood with a small acting role in Wes Anderson's cult classic Bottle Rocket, and since then his films, both narrative and documentary, have traveled the world, premiering from Anchorage to Berlin. His projects feature a remarkable roster of talent, including Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Denis O'Hare, Olympia Dukakis, Reed Birney, Paul Benjamin, and Lorelei Linklater. Gene is the writer, director, and actor of the creature feature The Yeti, a character-driven monster movie that blends Americana and myth, starring Brittany Allen (Dexter: Original Sin), Eric Nelsen (1883), Corbin Bernsen (LA Law, Psych, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption), Christina Bennett Lind (House of Cards, Atlanta), Heather Lind (TURN, Demolition, Your Friends and Neighbors), and Jim Cummings (Thunder Road). He is also a co-producer on the limited series The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Matthew Heineman, produced for Apple TV+. As an Executive Producer, Gene helped bring to life the Grammy-winning and Oscar-shortlisted documentary American Symphony, which follows musician Jon Batiste and writer Suleika Jaouad through an extraordinary year of love, art, and resilience. Directed by Matthew Heineman and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground, the film premiered at Telluride and went on to win the Critics' Choice, PGA, and Pare Lorentz Awards, with nominations from BAFTA and others. Gene is also a producer on the Peabody Award-winning National Geographic and Disney+ series Photographer from Oscar-winning duo Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the team behind Free Solo and The Rescue. Premiering at SXSW, Photographer earned nominations from the ASC, NAACP, Cinema Eye, Independent Spirit, Emmy, and GLAAD awards. In 2021, Gene produced ten episodes of Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin for National Geographic and Disney+, an electrifying docuseries that follows the world's most elite adventure athletes including Alex Honnold, Justine Dupont, Conrad Anker, Travis Rice, and Angel Collinson as they face the limits of human performance and risk. Previously, Gene co-produced the Emmy-winning and Oscar-shortlisted documentary The First Wave, directed by Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, Retrograde). Embedded inside New York City's ICUs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gene and the team captured history in real time. The film won Emmys for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing, and was distributed by Nat Geo, Participant, and Neon for Hulu. His documentary, Thank You For Listening, is about Country and Americana musician Joshua Ray Walker.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Actor, director, producer and writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Gene Gallerano's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Beau Baker in Occupy, Texas (2016)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Gene Gallerano's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Gene Gallerano'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
18 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Thank You For Listening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Yeti(2026)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Photographer(2024)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Secret Mall Apartment(2024)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
American Symphony(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Skim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The First Wave(2021)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Pizza Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
June (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Samaritans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Occupy, Texas(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Starring Austin Pendleton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Running Funny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Dude from Twister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Savant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
We Can’t Stay Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 18th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles, 11 of them dated from 1990 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
Highest rated
The First Wave (2021)
Most popular right now
The Yeti (2026)
Film career
- 2026Screen debut· The Yeti
How do Gene Gallerano's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 35. 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.
Who does Gene Gallerano work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gene Gallerano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pagan Danielle Harleman shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Pagan Danielle HarlemanShared titles: Photographer (2024), American Symphony (2023), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022), The First Wave (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Pagan Danielle Harleman
- Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Jimmy ChinShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Chin
- Matthew HeinemanShared titles: American Symphony (2023), The First Wave (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Heineman
Actors
- Johnathan BrownleeShared titles: The Yeti (2026), Occupy, Texas (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Johnathan Brownlee
Cinematographers and editors
- Ross McDonnellShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022), The First Wave (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Ross McDonnell
- Alex PritzShared titles: Photographer (2024), The First Wave (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Pritz
- Anne BarliantShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Barliant
- Daniel CodaShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Coda
Producers
- Anna BarnesShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Anna Barnes
- Charlotte ZonisShared titles: Photographer (2024), American Symphony (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Charlotte Zonis
- Chris KugelmanShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Kugelman
- Elena GabyShared titles: Photographer (2024), Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Elena Gaby
Mixed roles
- Christina Bennett LindShared titles: The Yeti (2026), Occupy, Texas (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Christina Bennett Lind
