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Jon Bardin

Jon Bardin

Producer

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Jon Bardin is an Emmy-winning producer renowned for his impactful work in documentary filmmaking. He currently serves as the Head of Documentary and Nonfiction at Story Syndicate, a production company founded by award-winning filmmakers Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan. Bardin earned his PhD in neuroscience from Weill Cornell Medical College, focusing on recovery from severe brain injury and disorders of consciousness. He has published research in several scientific journals, including Brain and Archives of Neurology. He obtained his A.B. from Harvard College, concentrating in Visual and Environmental Studies. Before joining Story Syndicate, Bardin was the Director of Development and Production for Documentaries and Specials at Discovery Channel. In this role, he was responsible for bringing new documentaries and specials to the network, managing projects from development through production, and identifying talent for new programming. Bardin co-founded this non-profit production company, producing media to elucidate complex health issues. He served as a producer for Sleepless in America, a documentary co-produced with the National Institutes of Health that explored the critical importance of sleep and the consequences of its deprivation. The film premiered on National Geographic Channel in 2014.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 54 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 27% in 30 days

What are Jon Bardin's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
21%
Power
17%
Ideas
15%
Self
14%
Morality
13%
Survival
13%
Bonds
7%
Community13 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression8 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 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 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 18

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

Grounded 28 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 14 · Intense 9

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

Steady 22 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 14

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

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Contemplative
23
Hopeful
18
Melancholic
14
Dread
10
Other
22

How their films linger

Thought-provoking23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous14
  • Other2

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 Jon Bardin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jon Bardin'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

54 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Killer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Rapinoe(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Maternal Instinct(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Dynasty: The Murdochs(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Give Me the Ball!(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • One Night in Idaho: The College Murders(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Titan: The OceanGate Disaster(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Number One on the Call Sheet(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Co-Executive Producer · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Enigma(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sally(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Power(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love to the Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Barber of Little Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Unknown: Cave of Bones(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Unknown: Killer Robots(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Unknown: The Lost Pyramid(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Take Care of Maya(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • Harry & Meghan(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • The Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • I Am Vanessa Guillen(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Children of the Underground(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • The Fix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Murders Before the Marathon(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Mayor Pete(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Britney vs Spears(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Nuclear Family(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Fauci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer

  • Convergence: Courage in a Crisis(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Debunking Borat(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • All In: The Fight for Democracy(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Why We Hate(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Tigerland(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Invisible Killers(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Operation Thai Cave Rescue(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Silicon Valley: The Untold Story(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • This Is A.I.(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mosquito(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Killing the Colorado(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Racing Extinction(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Sherpa(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Valley Uprising(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles from 2019 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Sherpa (2015)

$1.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Valley Uprising (2014)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Number One on the Call Sheet (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing38 of 38: 38 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s37 · 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

4 major nominations and no wins, 2016–2024.

  1. 2024
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  2. 2023
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  3. 2022
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  4. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

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 Jon Bardin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of the 29 of 30 with a score; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 44 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · producer

Mayor Pete (2021)

99th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Valley Uprising (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

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 Jon Bardin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jon Bardin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Liz Garbus shares the most, 31.

Directors

Writers

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Dan Cogan31 titles    See newest 12 of 31 shared titles with Dan Cogan
  • Kate Barry13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Kate Barry
  • Mala Chapple13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Mala Chapple
  • Shane Tilston13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Shane Tilston

Mixed roles