Portrait of Bill Guttentag

Directing

Bill Guttentag

Career

Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 2007 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Only the Dead
Only the Dead
GoodWatch score82/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Short Film

    2003 · Won · 75th Academy Awards

    Twin Towers

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Short Film

    1989 · Won · 61st Academy Awards

    You Don't Have to Die

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Short Film

    1995 · Nominated · 67th Academy Awards

    Blues Highway

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bill Guttentag Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Ethical Dilemma 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 68
Rule Breakers
Rule Breakers (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

Spyral
Spyral (2024)

Executive Producer, Writer

God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer

Groomed
Groomed (2021)

Producer

The Job of Songs
The Job of Songs (2021)

Executive Producer

2010s

4 titles · average score 63
Sublime
Sublime (2019)

Writer, Producer

Only the Dead
Only the Dead (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Writer

Knife Fight
Knife Fight (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

Director, Writer

When You're Strange
When You're Strange (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

Executive Producer

2000s

5 titles · average score 66
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Live!
Live! (2007)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Writer

Nanking
Nanking (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Producer

Twin Towers
Twin Towers (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Producer

Hate.Com: Extremists on the Internet
Hate.Com: Extremists on the Internet (2000)

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 48
Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy and King
Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy and King (1998)
GoodWatch score 35

Director

The Price of Kissing
The Price of Kissing (1997)
GoodWatch score 46

Producer

Memphis PD: War on the Streets
Memphis PD: War on the Streets (1996)

Producer, Writer

5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Blues Highway
Blues Highway (1994)

Director

Death on the Job
Death on the Job (1991)

Writer, Director

1980s

4 titles · average score 48
Crack USA: County Under Siege
Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989)

Director, Writer

You Don't Have to Die
You Don't Have to Die (1988)

Director, Producer

Hotshot
Hotshot (1987)
GoodWatch score 48

Dialogue

Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves (1984)

Cinematography