Rhys Ernst

Director and producer · Born January 1, 1982 (44) · North Carolina, USA

Rhys Ernst is a filmmaker and artist. Ernst was nominated for a 2015 Emmy Award for directing and producing the webseries This Is Me. He created the award-winning trans history web series We’ve Been Around, and is a Producer, Director on Amazon’s Transparent; he also created the Transparent title sequence. Ernst has shown work in the Whitney Biennial, Sundance, Oberhausen, and The Hammer Museum; he has won awards at Outfest, Chicago International Film Festival and the LA Transgender Film Festival; he has won two GLAAD Awards, was a Point Scholar, a Project Involve Fellow, and was awarded the Point Foundation Horizon Award and the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on LGBTQ representation in the media. He lives in Los Angeles and is the director of the forthcoming feature ADAM.

What are Rhys Ernst's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

58%

Society

31%

Survival

11%

Identity3 Community3

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

3

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

2

Joyful

1

Warm

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 Hopeful2

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 Rhys Ernst's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Rhys Ernst'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

14 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Death and Bowling(2021)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Adam(2019)
Director
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Umbrella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Director
We've Been Around (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Director
This Is Me(2015)
Show 5 episodes · Director · Supervising Producer
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Dear Lou Sullivan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Director
Transparent(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director · as Waiter
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Director · Writer
She Gone Rogue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Director · Actor
The Owls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as House Party Guest / Interview
N Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Director · Writer · Actor
Secret Men's Club: Moment # 133 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Director
The Drive North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Director
Unison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Assistant Camera · Actor