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Joseph Dorman

Joseph Dorman

Director, writer and producer

Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all

What are Joseph Dorman's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

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

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
6
Hopeful
4
Tense
2
Melancholic
2
Warm
2

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

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 Joseph Dorman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Joseph Dorman'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

7 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Moynihan(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Colliding Dreams(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Writer

  • The Endurance(2000)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Arguing the World(1997)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 5 titles from 1998 to 2018.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 5: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 5: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 5: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

5 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Joseph Dorman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the pacing 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 30. 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 Joseph Dorman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joseph Dorman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Kuhn shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors