Paul J. Salamoff has worked for over 30 years in film, TV, video games, and graphic novels as a writer, producer, director, executive, and make-up f/x artist. He is the author of On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette, The Silent Planet, the graphic novels Hired Guns, Discord, and Logan's Run. His short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies, including Midian Unmade: Tales from Clive Barker's Nightbreed and The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. Paul currently teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy. He is a two-time Bram Stoker Award nominee who made his feature-film directorial debut in 2019 with Encounter, a science fiction drama based on his original screenplay, which won Best Independent Film at the 46th annual Saturn Awards.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 4, 1971 (55)
- Natick, Massachusetts, USA
- Actor, writer, producer and director
- 11 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Paul Salamoff's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Genres
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.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Ambiguous3
- 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 Paul Salamoff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Salamoff'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
16 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
bUMS(2024)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Encounter(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Alien Siege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Tales from the Crapper(2004)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Tales from the Grave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Secondhand Lions(2003)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Darkling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Me, Myself & Irene(2000)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Free Enterprise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Campfire Tales(1997)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys(1993)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Knights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Rage and Honor(1992)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 58th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 1992 to 2018; peak year 1993.
Film career
Peak 1993 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1993Screen debut· Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
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 Paul Salamoff's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 14th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 11th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 39/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 24. 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 Paul Salamoff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Salamoff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Holden shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Peter HoldenShared titles: bUMS (2024), Encounter (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Holden
Producers
- Charles BandShared titles: The Dead Hate the Living! (2000), Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Band
- Dana ScanlanShared titles: The Dead Hate the Living! (2000), The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Dana Scanlan
- Michael J. MahoneyShared titles: The Dead Hate the Living! (2000), The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Michael J. Mahoney