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Anita Doron

Anita Doron

Director, writer and producer · Born June 3, 1974 (52) · Berehove, USSR [now Ukraine]

Raised in a family of mountaineering engineers in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, Anita Doron is an award-winning Canadian-Hungarian writer, director, story editor, and shepherd. She wrote the screenplay for The Breadwinner, nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. Her work has earned a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, along with nominations for the Annie Award and the Humanitas Prize. A Senior TED Fellow, Anita is part of a global cohort of visionaries - scientists, artists, activists, entrepreneurs, doctors, journalists, and inventors - collaborating across disciplines to spark meaningful change in the world.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 3, 1974 (52)
From
Berehove, USSR [now Ukraine]
Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 23% in 30 days

What are Anita Doron's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Self
19%
Survival
15%
Power
12%
Society
11%
Morality
6%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

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

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

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

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Hopeful
3
Romantic
1
Bittersweet
1
Dread
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Anita Doron's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anita Doron'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

14 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Maya & Samar(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • With Love and a Major Organ(2023)

    Producer · Story Consultant

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Breadwinner(2017)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Lesser Blessed(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Mystico Fantástico! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Impresario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Late Fragment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • The End of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Elliot Smelliot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Angel Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Comrades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Dirty Fred, the Captain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Fairyheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Co-Writer

  • Simulacrum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 9 of them dated from 2004 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Breadwinner (2017)

$2.8M worldwide

Highest rated

The Breadwinner (2017)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 14: 6 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting8 of 14: 4 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing1 of 14: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

14 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · crew

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

How do Anita Doron's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

1 of their 4 titles is Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · director

Maya & Samar (2025)

81st percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Breadwinner (2017)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

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 Anita Doron work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anita Doron's MovieCove titles; Laara Sadiq shares the most, 2.