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Janis Kalejs

Producer · Riga, Latvia

Jānis Kalējs (born 1965 in Riga) is a Latvian producer and film director. Kalējs was one of four contributing directors awarded the Lielais Kristaps Best Film award in 2007 for the film Vogelfrei.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Riga, Latvia
Works as
Producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 45% in 30 days

What are Janis Kalejs' films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
59%
Self
23%
Power
10%
Survival
8%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 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 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Dread
2
Melancholic
2
Absurd
1
Thrilling
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Janis Kalejs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Janis Kalejs' 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

15 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Dirt in Your Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Co-Producer

  • Humint(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Lotus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Harbin(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Co-Producer

  • Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Co-Producer

  • Melchior the Apothecary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Co-Producer

  • Raven's Hollow(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Dawn of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Co-Producer

  • Homo Novus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • The Dissidents(2017)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Kings' Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • Vogelfrei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Morning in the Pine Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Sižeta pagrieziens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Andrejs

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 1988 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Harbin (2024)

$33M worldwide

Highest rated

Harbin (2024)

Midcredits 66th

Most popular right now

Humint (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 12: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting2 of 12: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 12: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing9 of 12: 8 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 12: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s1 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew

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

How do Janis Kalejs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

Harbin (2024)

60th percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Harbin (2024)

Midcredits 66th · 58% liked

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 Janis Kalejs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Janis Kalejs' MovieCove titles; Park Jeong-min shares the most, 2.