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Blair Mastbaum

Actor, writer and cinematographer, also producer · Born January 24, 1979 (47) · Dayton, Ohio, USA

Blair Mastbaum is the author of the award-winning novels Clay's Way and Us Ones in Between and the editor of Cool Thing: an Anthology of New Fiction. He co-wrote It Takes Three, directed by Scott Coffey and he co-produced the Sundance Film Festival official selection Ellie Parker and the Tribeca Film Festival selection Adult World. He lives and works in Cadiz, Spain.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 24, 1979 (47)
From
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor, writer and cinematographer, also producer
Titles
3 on Motif · 5 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 42% in 30 days

What are Blair Mastbaum's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
2
Bittersweet
1
Joyful
1
Tense
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

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 Blair Mastbaum's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Blair Mastbaum's titles on Motif; 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

5 credits, 3 with a Motif page.

  • It Takes Three(2021)

    Writer · as Teacher

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Adult World(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Ellie Parker(2005)

    Cinematographer · Producer · as Smash Jackson

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Ellie Parker (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    as Smash Jackson

  • Hyena (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

Star power in the 18th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 4 titles, 3 of them dated from 2001 to 2021.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 4: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 4: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 4: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · 2 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew

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

How do Blair Mastbaum's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Blair Mastbaum work with?

People who share at least 2 of Blair Mastbaum's Motif titles; Scott Coffey shares the most, 3.