Olivia Newman is an American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing First Match (2018) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography from TMDB.
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Director and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Olivia Newman's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Olivia Newman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Olivia Newman'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
11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Where the Crawdads Sing(2022)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Dare Me(2019)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
FBI(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
First Match(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Chicago Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all showsPetite Feet: Ballet Adventures with Liz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
First Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Blue-Eyed Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Remembered Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
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
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2026, Outstanding Movie.
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 Olivia Newman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 3 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 Olivia Newman's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Olivia Newman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Olivia Newman's MovieCove titles; Bryan Unkeless shares the most, 2.
- Bryan UnkelessShared titles: Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026), First Match (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Bryan Unkeless
