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Michael Marius Pessah

Michael Marius Pessah

Cinematographer

Michael Marius Pessah works as a director of photography for film and television productions.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are Michael Marius Pessah's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.

Genres

Documentary9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
23%
Survival
20%
Morality
18%
Self
14%
Ideas
10%
Bonds
10%
Power
5%
Community5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 6

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

Grounded 15 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 11 · Intense 3

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 7 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
11
Tense
9
Dread
7
Melancholic
6
Hopeful
7
Other
17

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous10

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 Marius Pessah's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Marius Pessah'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

36 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • Most Likely(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Freedom to Exist - A Soul of a Nation Presentation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Body Electric(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Yoshiki: Under the Sky(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Toolbox Killer(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Smiley Face Killers(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • American Rapstar(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Dared My Best Friend to Ruin My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Associate Producer · Cinematographer

  • Saving Flora(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • In Pursuit with John Walsh(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Only Mine(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Dirty John, The Dirty Truth(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Looking Glass(2018)

    Additional Photography

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • House of Darkness: New Blood(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Rachels(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Evil Things(2017)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • The Deleted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

  • House of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Absent(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hangar 1: The UFO Files(2014)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Loredana, Esq.(2014)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • In the Wake of the Flood(2010)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La tanière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Viva la Causa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Invention 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Mosolov's Suitcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • The Good Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles, 22 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Saving Flora (2018)

$148K worldwide

Highest rated

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Saving Flora (2018)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing1 of 25: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography23 of 25: 22 only cinematography, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thOther crew2 of 25: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s11 · crew2020s9 · 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.

How do Michael Marius Pessah's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of the 18 of 19 with a score; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 24 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · cinematographer

Body Electric (2023)

97th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023)

Midcredits 92nd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 51/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Marius Pessah work with?

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

Directors

Editors

Producers