Directing
Michael Showalter
- Titles
- 38movies43TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19922026
- Directed
- 29titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Cheap Seats87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Cringe Humor5.5average 2.2
- Situational Comedy5.9average 2.7
- Pop Culture5.3average 2.2
- Satire & Parody5.3average 2.3
- Wit & Wordplay6.2average 3.7
- Absurdist Humor4.2average 2.0
- Contemporary Realism6.9average 5.2
- Physical Comedy3.7average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence1.7, average 4.3
- Adrenaline2.9, average 5.1
- Tension4.1, average 6.1
- Mystery2.4, average 4.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Sketch Comedy 5
- Ensemble Cast 5
- Absurdist Humor 5
- Cringe Humor 5
- Satirical 4
- Cult Classic 4
- Absurdist Comedy 4
- Meta-Comedy 3
- Contemporary Setting 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Emotional Journey 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
David WainActorChildrens Hospital, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, They Came Together, Wet Hot American Summer, +6 more
Michael Ian BlackActorWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, The State, They Came Together, Stella, Random Play, +5 more
Ken MarinoActorChildrens Hospital, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, The State, The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special, +1 more
Paul RuddActorWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Cheap Seats, They Came Together, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter
Craig WedrenComposerWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, They Came Together, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter
Theodore ShapiroActorWet Hot American Summer, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Baxter, Tick- BBrian BurgoyneCinematographerThe Big Sick, The Lovebirds, Hello, My Name Is Doris, Spoiler Alert
- RRobert NassauEditorWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, The Big Sick, The Lovebirds, Hello, My Name Is Doris
Janeane GarofaloActorWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Wet Hot American Summer
Nina HellmanActorWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Stella Shorts 1998-2002, Tick
Zak OrthActorWet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Birthday
Michael Patrick JannActorChildrens Hospital, The State, The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Movies and TV shows
52Great
Score 80 to 89
2 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
87
TV show
80
TV show · as Max
Good
Score 70 to 79
8 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
76
TV show · as Various Characters
75
TV show · as Allan Gee / Artie Kramer
74
TV show · as Nils Vildervaan
74
TV show · Producer, Writer
74
Director
73
TV show · as Billy
72
TV show · as Mark (voice)
71
Director, Producer
Decent
Score 60 to 69
20 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
TV show · as Coop
68
Director, Screenplay
66
TV show · as Coop / Ronald Reagan
66
TV show · as Plasma Boy (voice)
65
Writer, Producer
65
Director
64
Executive Producer, Director
64
as Coop / Alan Shemper
62
as Elliot Sherman
62
as Michael
61
Executive Producer, Director
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
6 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
TV show
58
as Paul
58
TV show · as Walter Michaelson
56
as Larry
56
Writer, Director
48
as Police Lt. Flarn Bleern
Not rated yet
16 titles
Not rated yet
as Michael
as Clifford
as Giles Vanderhoot
as Michael
TV show
TV show · as Ben
TV show · Writer
Executive Producer
Producer, Director
Producer, Director