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Shannon Makhanian

Shannon Makhanian

Actor and producer · Born May 3, 1969 (57) · Ventura, California, USA

Shannon Makhanian is a producer, casting director, casting agent, actress and director.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 3, 1969 (57)
From
Ventura, California, USA
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
94 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Shannon Makhanian's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Survival
32%
Self
29%
Morality
20%
Bonds
8%
Society
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 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 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 4

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 8 · 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 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Dread
5
Melancholic
6
Contemplative
2
Hopeful
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous5

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 Shannon Makhanian's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 80 of their 94 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (61).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Shannon Makhanian'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

102 credits, 94 with a MovieCove page.

  • Wrong Side of Dead(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Guns & Moses(2024)

    Casting Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Saint Clare(2024)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Dead Money(2024)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Hounds of War(2024)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Running on Empty(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Walden(2023)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Re-Education of Molly Singer(2023)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Locksmith(2023)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Bay House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Casting

  • Don't Look at the Demon(2022)

    Casting · as Jules' Mother

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Escape the Field(2022)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Long Night(2022)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • 13 Minutes(2021)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Willy's Wonderland(2021)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Monsters of Man(2020)

    Casting Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Doorman(2020)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • G-Loc(2020)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Becoming(2020)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Waiting for Anya(2020)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Killers Anonymous(2019)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • 1st Born (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Casting

  • Peel(2019)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Feral(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Con is On(2018)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Andover(2017)

    Casting Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Man from Earth: Holocene(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Ghost House(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Hickok(2017)

    as Glenda

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Shadow Effect(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • American Violence(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Swing State(2017)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Weapon(2016)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Traded(2016)

    as Camille

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Last Man Club(2016)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dirty Lies(2017)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Dead Draw(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Everlasting(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Close Range(2015)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Queen of the Desert(2015)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Intruders(2015)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • A Dark Reflection(2015)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • All Stars(2014)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Reaper(2014)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Wicked Blood(2014)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Mischief Night(2013)

    as Mom

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Slightly Single in L.A.(2013)

    Casting · Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Pawn(2013)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Chlorine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Casting

  • Officer Down(2013)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow You're Gone(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Chained(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Soldiers of Fortune(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Stash House(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • El Gringo(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Rites of Passage(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Bad Ass(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Transit(2012)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Catch .44(2011)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Ledge(2011)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Where the Road Meets the Sun(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Triple Dog(2010)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Chasing 3000(2010)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Five Star Day(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Tomb(2009)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Falling Up(2009)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Night Train(2009)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Red Sands(2009)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • While She Was Out(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Reach for Me(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Bloom(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Red(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Stag Night(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Last Word(2008)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Garfield Gets Real(2007)

    Casting Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Big Stan(2007)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Wristcutters: A Love Story(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Unknown(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Cruel World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Casting

  • Edmond(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Reef(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Hatchet(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Brick(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ring Around the Rosie(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Elder Son(2006)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Dirty(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Dead Birds(2004)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Mysterious Skin(2004)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Drop Dead Sexy(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Born Killers(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Race You to the Bottom(2005)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Venice Underground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Casting

  • This Girl's Life(2003)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things(2004)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • George and the Dragon(2004)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • I Love Your Work(2003)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • May(2002)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • R.S.V.P.(2002)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Road Rage(2000)

    Location Casting

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Barefoot Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Casting

  • Convergence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Casting

  • The Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Casting

Career shape

A full career of 97 titles, 94 of them dated from 2000 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Don't Look at the Demon (2022)

$875K worldwide

Highest rated

Everlasting (2016)

Midcredits 51st

Most popular right now

Running on Empty (2024)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 97: 3 only acting, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 97: 2 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew92 of 97: 90 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score27th

By decade

2000s35 · crew2010s40 · 3 acting · 37 crew2020s19 · 1 acting · 19 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 Shannon Makhanian's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 94; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 94 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th32
  • Below 25th46

Shape of the crowd

61 of their 94 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned5
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic10
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed61

Most divisive · producer

Wrong Side of Dead (2026)

88th percentile spread · 68% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Everlasting (2016)

Midcredits 51st · 72% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Shannon Makhanian work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shannon Makhanian's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bai Ling shares the most, 2.

Actors

Editors

Producers