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Michael Tully

Michael Tully

Actor, director, writer and cinematographer

Sundance award nominee

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Tully is an American independent film director and musician. Tully runs the film blog Hammer to Nail and performs under the name EncoprEsis Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Tully, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor, director, writer and cinematographer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 28% in 30 days

What are Michael Tully's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

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

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Heraldas Cornelius Rawlings in Septien (2011)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
5
Warm
3
Dread
2
Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Other
3

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous4

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 Michael Tully's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Tully'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

18 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tooth Shop Fiasco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • Eye for an Eye(2025)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Man Goes On Rant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as The Person

  • Lover, Beloved(2022)

    Director

  • Don't Leave Home(2018)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • THESE COLORS DON'T RUN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • C.B. Strike(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Care Home Visitor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • 7 Chinese Brothers(2015)

    as Religious Man

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • 6 Years(2015)

    as Record Label Drunk

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Ping Pong Summer(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Septien(2011)

    Director · Writer · as Cornelius Rawlings

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • You Wont Miss Me(2009)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Yeast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer · Sound

  • Quiet City(2007)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Silver Jew(2007)

    Director · Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Cocaine Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • George Washington(2000)

    Costume Design · Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Sleepwalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 2000 to 2026.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 17: 6 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thDirecting6 of 17: 2 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting4 of 17: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 17: 2 only producing, 0 with another roleCinematography1 of 17: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 17: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

17 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s6 · 2 acting · 4 crew2010s7 · 4 acting · 4 crew2020s3 · 1 acting · 2 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Sundance award in 2014, Best of Next!.

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 Michael Tully's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of the 10 of 11 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 73, 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 Michael Tully work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Tully's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Montes shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers