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Yoram Astrakhan

Yoram Astrakhan

Cinematographer, also director

Yoram Astrakhan is an Israeli cinematographer and director based in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the Hadassah College of Technology photography school in Jerusalem, and holds a Master of Arts degree in Cinematography from the American Film Institute.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Cinematographer, also director
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Yoram Astrakhan's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

Genres

Documentary13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
36%
Society
24%
Survival
12%
Morality
12%
Self
7%
Bonds
5%
Power
5%
Art15 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 15 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
20
Warm
12
Tense
8
Dread
5
Joyful
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yoram Astrakhan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yoram Astrakhan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

67 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • When I Get Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Extra

  • Amelia Palmer's First Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Thanks

  • Dear Freddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Thanks

  • Mayberry Man: The Series(2024)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Phrogging: Hider in My House(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy(2021)

    Show 9 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Joe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up(2020)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Accident, Suicide or Murder(2019)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • The Object of Murder(2019)

    Show Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ocean's Team 3.0 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Black Hole Apocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Additional Camera

  • Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Moment by Moment - Averting Disaster on the Hudson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Betrayed(2016)

    Show 40 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • CABARET: The Musical That Changed Musicals(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Model Killers(2013)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Camera Operator

  • Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Clint Eastwood's West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • Turning Like Clockwork (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style(2009)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • The Business End: Violence in Cinema(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Craft of Dirty Harry(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Evolution of Clint Eastwood(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Saul Bass: Title Champ(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange'(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Helps the Cause (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Cinematographer

  • Dinocroc(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Russians in the City of Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 12 episodes · Gaffer

  • The Last Mission(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Slaughter Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Shakedown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Cinematographer

  • Nantucket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Cinematographer

  • Second to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Gaffer

  • The Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • Moving Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • The Suicide Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Net Worth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • Kolobos(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Election(1999)

    Chief Lighting Technician

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Heaven & the Suicide King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Cinematographer

  • Plan B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Cinematographer

  • Inside Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Dolly Grip · Key Grip

Career shape

A full career of 57 titles from 1997 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Dinocroc (2004)

$17K worldwide

Highest rated

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 57: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 57: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleCinematography46 of 57: 46 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thOther crew9 of 57: 9 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s5 · crew2000s31 · crew2010s14 · crew2020s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Yoram Astrakhan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of the 20 of 21 with a score; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · cinematographer

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)

86th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

Midcredits 85th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Yoram Astrakhan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoram Astrakhan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Leva shares the most, 17.

Directors

  • Gary Leva17 titles    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Gary Leva

Actors

Editors

Producers

  • Michael Crawford15 titles    See newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Michael Crawford
  • Frankie Glass7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Frankie Glass
  • Julie Faherty7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Julie Faherty
  • Nicholas Goodman5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Nicholas Goodman