Portrait of Gorman Bechard

Directing

Gorman Bechard

Career

Active from 1982 to 2024, with a break from 1989 to 1999, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score47/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pizza: A Love Story
Pizza: A Love Story
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gorman Bechard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pathos
    3.6, average 5.3
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Tension
    4.6, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Music Documentary 2
  • Campy 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles
The Matchbox Man
The Matchbox Man (2024)

Writer, Director

Old Friends: A Dogumentary
Old Friends: A Dogumentary (2022)

Director, Writer

Where Are You, Jay Bennett?
Where Are You, Jay Bennett? (2021)

Director, Writer

Seniors: A Dogumentary
Seniors: A Dogumentary (2020)

Director

2010s

10 titles ยท average score 52
Pizza: A Love Story
Pizza: A Love Story (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography, Writer

What It Takes: Film en Douze Tableaux
What It Takes: Film en Douze Tableaux (2018)

Editor, Producer

Twenty Questions
Twenty Questions (2017)

Editor, Producer

Who Is Lydia Loveless?
Who Is Lydia Loveless? (2016)

Director of Photography, Producer

A Dog Named Gucci
A Dog Named Gucci (2015)

Director of Photography, Editor

Broken Side of Time
Broken Side of Time (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

Director, Writer

Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart
Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart (2013)

Director, Producer

What Did You Expect: The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat's Cradle
What Did You Expect: The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat's Cradle (2012)

Editor, Director

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

Editor, Writer

Friends (With Benefits)
Friends (With Benefits) (2010)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer, Director

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 57
You Are Alone
You Are Alone (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

The Kiss
The Kiss (2003)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Writer

Objects in the Mirror Are Further than They Appear
Objects in the Mirror Are Further than They Appear (2003)

Writer, Director

The Pretty Girl
The Pretty Girl (2002)

Writer, Director

In Her Eyes
In Her Eyes (2000)

Director, Writer

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 38
Cemetery High
Cemetery High (1988)
GoodWatch score 31

Writer, Original Music Composer

Psychos in Love
Psychos in Love (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

Editor, Director of Photography

Galactic Gigolo
Galactic Gigolo (1987)
GoodWatch score 34

Director of Photography, Director

The Only Take
The Only Take (1985)

Director, Writer

Disconnected
Disconnected (1984)
GoodWatch score 36

as Niles

Bartholemew
Bartholemew (1982)

Director, Writer

Pairs
Pairs (1982)

Editor, Director