Director · Producer · Writer · age 56
Brian Knappenberger
Best rated (directing): The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (7.9)
- Directing films
- 5
- Directing avg
- 6.90
- Peak run
- 2012’26
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Brian by the numbers
Average
6.90
5 rated films
Vote weighted
6.99
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
15y
2012 to 2026
Total votes
1K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Worst
6.0
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Turning Point: Generation 9/11 | 6.1 | 30 |
| 2023 | Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America | 7.4 | 40 |
| 2017 |  Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press | 6.0 | 89 |
| 2014 |  The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | 7.9 | 480 |
| 2012 |  We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists | 7.1 | 361 |
Better together?
Brian Knappenberger's regulars
- John DragonettiComposer · 4 films · 7.12 avg
- Lincoln ElseCinematographer · 2 films · 7.49 avg
- Scott SinklerCinematographer · 2 films · 6.94 avg
- Jay VisitCinematographer · 2 films · 6.75 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Brian Knappenberger and John Dragonetti movies · Brian Knappenberger and Lincoln Else movies · Brian Knappenberger and Scott Sinkler movies · Brian Knappenberger and Jay Visit movies
Takes