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Sharon Calahan

Cinematographer

BAFTA Award nominee

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 94% in 30 days

What are Sharon Calahan's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
4
Joyful
4
Triumphant
4
Tense
2
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet1

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 Sharon Calahan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (10).

Subscription and free streaming for Sharon Calahan'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

12 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Leo(2023)

    Other

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Onward(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Good Dinosaur(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Brave(2012)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Cars 2(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Ratatouille(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Finding Nemo(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Monsters, Inc.(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Toy Story 2(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • A Bug's Life(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Toy Story(1995)

    Lighting Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Night Cafe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Animation · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1988 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 11: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 11: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography7 of 11: 7 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score89thOther crew4 of 11: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s3 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s2 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2000, Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects.

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 Sharon Calahan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 96th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

99thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser6

Reviewers score the cinematography 83/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 70. 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.

Is Sharon Calahan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles25–45 · median 30 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles10–15 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles9–12 · median 10 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles6–20 · median 10 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles31–50 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sharon Calahan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sharon Calahan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Unkrich shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles