Matia Anne Karrell, a Fulbright Scholar, made her directorial debut with her short film Cadillac Dreams, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film. Born in Boston, Massachusetts of Lebanese parents, she pursued a career as a modern dancer attending the dance program at Harvard University. She then moved to New York City, where she continued her training and performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with Robert Wilson.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, producer and writer
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Matia Karrell's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Matia Karrell's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Matia Karrell'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
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Safety (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Tale(2018)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Wedding(2005)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Behind the Red Door(2003)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The West Wing(1999)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Doogie Howser, M.D.(1989)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
The Wonder Years(1988)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Cadillac Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Matewan(1987)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Critters(1986)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Separate Ways(1981)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1981 to 2019.
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 an Oscar in 1989, Best Short Film, Live Action.
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 Matia Karrell's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 43. 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 Matia Karrell work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matia Karrell's MovieCove titles; Kjehl Rasmussen shares the most, 2.
- Kjehl RasmussenShared titles: Once Upon a Wedding (2005), Behind the Red Door (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Kjehl Rasmussen