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Portrait of Ira Newborn

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Ira Newborn

Career

Active from 1982 to 2000, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Police Squad!
Police Squad!
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ira Newborn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.2, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    3.2, average 5.3
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Situational Humor 3
  • Pop Culture References 3
  • Pop Culture 3
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Sports Comedy 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Fish-Out-of-Water 2
  • Slapstick Comedy 2
  • Parody 2
  • 80s Nostalgia 2
  • Cult Classic 2
  • 90s Nostalgia 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 54
Angels in the Infield
Angels in the Infield (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

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ivans xtc. (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

as Rabbi No. 2

1990s

17 titles · average score 50
BASEketball
BASEketball (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

Bad Manners
Bad Manners (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

High School High
High School High (1996)
GoodWatch score 40

Original Music Composer

The Late Shift
The Late Shift (1996)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Mallrats
Mallrats (1995)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Jerky Boys
The Jerky Boys (1995)
GoodWatch score 32

Original Music Composer

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood (1992)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven (1990)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Short Time
Short Time (1990)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

1980s

16 titles · average score 56
Uncle Buck
Uncle Buck (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Collision Course
Collision Course (1989)
GoodWatch score 44

Original Music Composer

Cast the First Stone
Cast the First Stone (1989)

Original Music Composer

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

Caddyshack II
Caddyshack II (1988)
GoodWatch score 20

Original Music Composer

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

Dragnet
Dragnet (1987)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
GoodWatch score 76

Music, Original Music Composer

Wise Guys
Wise Guys (1986)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

Weird Science
Weird Science (1985)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Into the Night
Into the Night (1985)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles (1984)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer