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Nelson Hume

Nelson Hume

Cinematographer, also director and writer

Works as
Cinematographer, also director and writer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 38% in 30 days

What are Nelson Hume's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.

Genres

Documentary15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
Society
27%
Morality
20%
Survival
19%
Self
12%
Ideas
11%
Power
8%
Bonds
4%
Community7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 17 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 6

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 14 · 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 5 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Contemplative
12
Melancholic
13
Hopeful
8
Dread
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8
  • Other1

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 Nelson Hume's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nelson Hume'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

32 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Windows on the World: 9/11's Forgotten Story(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse(2024)

    Additional Camera

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Harlem Ice(2025)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Checkpoint Zoo(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • High & Low - John Galliano(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Unknown: Killer Robots(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • UFOs: Investigating the Unknown(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • A Radical Life(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Mickey: The Story of a Mouse(2022)

    Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Miracle on 19th Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Surviving Death(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Black and Missing(2021)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • The Dog Doc(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Why We Hate(2019)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Whitney(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The C Word(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Good Bones(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Solitary(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Generosity of Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer

  • Happy Valley(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Code Black(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Lindsay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Somewhere Between(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Great Kills Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Priest

  • My Kid Could Paint That(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Sunburn(1999)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Orphan of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Pin Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Additional Photography

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles from 1996 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Whitney (2018)

$4.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Whitney (2018)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 25: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 25: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 25: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleCinematography21 of 25: 21 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndOther crew2 of 25: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s1 · acting2010s8 · crew2020s13 · 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 Nelson Hume's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of the 18 of 19 with a score; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · cinematographer

Harlem Ice (2025)

99th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Somewhere Between (2011)

Midcredits 94th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 66/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 45. 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 Nelson Hume work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nelson Hume's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Geeta Gandbhir shares the most, 4.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers