Sanaa Hamri is a Moroccan American music video and film director. She is one of the few prominent female film and music video directors of color.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 15, 1974 (51)
- Tangier, Morocco
- Director, also editor
- 22 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Sanaa Hamri's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
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 Sanaa Hamri's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Sanaa Hamri'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
28 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Bondsman(2025)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Gen V(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
The Wheel of Time(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
American Horror Stories(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
9-1-1: Lone Star(2020)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Empire(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Full Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Hit the Floor(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Rectify(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Lovestruck: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Hemlock Grove(2013)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Nashville(2012)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Shameless(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Just Wright(2010)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Life Unexpected(2010)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Acceptance(2009)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Glee(2009)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
90210(2008)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Men in Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Something New(2006)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Desperate Housewives(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Prince: The Art of Musicology (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Prince: Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles from 2003 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Highest rated
Something New (2006)
Most popular right now
The Bondsman (2025)
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 Sanaa Hamri's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 30. 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 Sanaa Hamri work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sanaa Hamri's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Melissa Kent shares the most, 3.
Composers and editors
- Melissa KentShared titles: Just Wright (2010), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Something New (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Melissa Kent
- Lisa ColemanShared titles: Just Wright (2010), Something New (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Coleman
- Wendy MelvoinShared titles: Just Wright (2010), Something New (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Wendy Melvoin
Producers
- Debra Martin ChaseShared titles: Just Wright (2010), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Debra Martin Chase
- Gaylyn FraicheShared titles: Just Wright (2010), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Gaylyn Fraiche
