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Shari L. Carpenter

Shari L. Carpenter

Director · Born July 14, 1961 (65)

Shari L. Carpenter was born on July 14, 1961 in the USA. She is known for her work on American Gangster (2007), Inside Man (2006) and 25th Hour (2002).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 14, 1961 (65)
Works as
Director
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all

What are Shari L. Carpenter's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
2
Romantic
1
Warm
1
Cold
1

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 Shari L. Carpenter's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Shari L. Carpenter'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

22 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Keepers of the Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Producer

  • Strength of a Woman(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Single Black Female(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Three's Complicated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Inside Man(2006)

    Continuity

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Building Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • She Hate Me(2004)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • 25th Hour(2002)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Kali's Vibe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • The Best Man(1999)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The First Wives Club(1996)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Waiting to Exhale(1995)

    Script Supervisor · as Savannah's Assistant

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Clockers(1995)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Tuesday Morning Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Script Supervisor

  • Crooklyn(1994)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Night We Never Met(1993)

    Continuity

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Malcolm X(1992)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Juice(1992)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Jungle Fever(1991)

    Continuity

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 21 titles from 1991 to 2024.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 21: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting7 of 21: 5 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 21: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 21: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew14 of 21: 13 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

21 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1990s11 · 1 acting · 11 crew2000s5 · crew2010s1 · crew2020s4 · 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 Shari L. Carpenter's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 17; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 55, detractors 22. 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.

Who does Shari L. Carpenter work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shari L. Carpenter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sa'Rah Jones shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers