Mauro Borrelli is a director with a background in visual art. A native of Italy, he studied classical painting at the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. His early career gave him the opportunity to work with the such greats as Francis Ford Coppola, Terry Gilliam, Gore Verbinski and Tim Burton to name a few in the visual elements of the films. His debut film that he wrote and directed "La Donna Del Moro, was awarded "Best Short Film" at the Venice Film festival. His acclaimed foll"w up "White Shoe" inspired by the life of Salvatore Ferragamo, won Museum Short Award as the Best Short Film and has been hosted throughout the major European museums and a candidate for an academy nomination. In his role as a visual art director, he directed the world's first hyper realistic CGI animated feature film "Final Fantasy" After much success in the short form feature, Mauro wrote and directed the alien abduction sci-fi feature film "The Recall" starring Wesley Snipes and RJ Mitte. The Recall was filmed in the large scale format called Barco Escape and additionally in VR format to capture the growing content market audience. This allowed him the keen integration of new technology in creating amazing visual storytelling in a creative format. IN 2020 Mauro wrote and directed the action-fantasy thriller "Warhunt" starring Mickey Rourke, Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone, to be be released in the beginning of 2021. In 2022, Lionsgate released his latest thrillers "Mindcage" starring John Malkovich , Martin Lawrence Melissa Roxburgh.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, writer and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Mauro Borrelli's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
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 Mauro Borrelli's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- Last Action Hero (1993) · production illustrator · free
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) · production design · free
- Godzilla (1998) · production illustrator · free
- The Ghostmaker (2012) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Recall (2017) · director, writer, producer · free
- WarHunt (2022) · director, writer, producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mauro Borrelli'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
18 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
The Last Supper(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Mindcage(2022)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
WarHunt(2022)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Recall(2017)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
White Shoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Dark Shadows(2012)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Ghostmaker(2012)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Haunted Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Hulk(2003)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Goodbye, Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
End of Days(1999)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Sleepy Hollow(1999)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Godzilla(1998)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Last Action Hero(1993)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Godfather Part III(1990)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 1990 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Last Supper (2025)
Highest rated
The Last Supper (2025)
Most popular right now
Mindcage (2022)
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.
Awards
Won a Venice award in 1993.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Mauro Borrelli's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 15th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 47/100 and the pacing 35/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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.
Is Mauro Borrelli's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mauro Borrelli work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mauro Borrelli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Reggie Keyohara III shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Reggie Keyohara IIIShared titles: Mindcage (2022), WarHunt (2022), The Recall (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Reggie Keyohara III
- Scott SvatosShared titles: WarHunt (2022), The Ghostmaker (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Svatos
Actors
- Robert KnepperShared titles: The Last Supper (2025), Mindcage (2022), WarHunt (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Knepper
Composers and cinematographers
- Eric Gustavo PetersenShared titles: Mindcage (2022), WarHunt (2022), The Ghostmaker (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Eric Gustavo Petersen
- Leonardo De BernardiniShared titles: The Last Supper (2025), Mindcage (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Leonardo De Bernardini
