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Olatunde Osunsanmi

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Director, producer and writer · Born October 23, 1977 (49) · USA

Primetime Emmy nominee

Olatunde Osunsanmi was born on 23 October 1977 in the USA. He is a director and producer, known for Star Trek: Discovery (2017), The Fourth Kind (2009) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
October 23, 1977 (49)
From
USA
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 12% in 30 days

What are Olatunde Osunsanmi's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Survival
30%
Ideas
16%
Self
10%
Society
5%
Power
4%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

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

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Thrilling
3
Absurd
2
Cold
1
Other
3

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Olatunde Osunsanmi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Olatunde Osunsanmi'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

22 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
  • Star Trek: Section 31(2025)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • Star Trek: Short Treks(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • After Trek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Star Trek: Discovery(2017)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Timeless(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Legends of Tomorrow(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Colony(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Blindspot(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Minority Report(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
  • Gotham(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • Extant(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
  • The Last Ship(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • Sleepy Hollow(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Evidence(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Under the Dome(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
  • Bates Motel(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • Falling Skies(2011)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball(2010)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • The Fourth Kind(2009)

    Director · Screenplay · as Interviewer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Editor · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 2005 to 2026.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 22: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting20 of 22: 14 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdWriting3 of 22: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing5 of 22: 0 only producing, 5 with another roleEditing1 of 22: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

22 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2010s17 · 1 acting · 16 crew2020s3 · 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 Primetime Emmy in 2020, Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.

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 Olatunde Osunsanmi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 18th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 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 4

Approval · how many liked their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th5

Reviewers score the atmosphere 39/100 and the pacing 35/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. 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.

Is Olatunde Osunsanmi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Olatunde Osunsanmi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Olatunde Osunsanmi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bo Yeon Kim shares the most, 2.

Writers

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles