Paul Harb was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His adoptive mother Sally Nelson-Harb; a talented theater actress and school teacher, got a job as assistant to the head art director at CBS before becoming head of the research dept at Western Costume Company for many years. Growing up his mother and father surrounded Paul with music, theater, and especially movies. As a child he would be able to run around the CBS lot taking in the production process and later would spend time in awe of all the amazing Hollywood history at Western Costume Company. These experiences had a large impact on him that would come into play later, however due to Paul having a clear natural talent with music his parents supported that endeavor allowing Paul to study for many years various instruments as well as vocal training. Paul got accepted into a school of arts as well as the California Boys Choir. Paul ended up focusing on guitar and spent the majority of his teen years and early twenties playing in bands at local clubs and bars as well as attending Musicians Institute of Hollywood. In his early 20's Paul would take a job at a local UHF TV station in Hollywood that would change the course of his life. Here he learned the ins and outs of live TV production as well as the post production process. Paul would gravitate towards camera operations and especially editing. In a short amount of time Paul would parlay these skills and become a touring video director for concerts, an ENG camera op for live music and sporting events, and an editor producing content for many big named artists. He would also go on to direct some high profile projects music videos for Universal. After years of being on the road and working on more short form projects Paul yearned to work on more long form narratives. He started offering his services to some editors and directors he knew who worked in features and in a very short amount of time got noticed by Sylvester Stallone who asked him to work on the movie Rocky Balboa. After the huge success of Balboa this would again change the course of his life and allow Paul to focus solely on editing for features and television. He would continue to work with Stallone for many years in addition to other great filmmakers. Narrative editing has fulfilled Paul beyond his wildest dreams and over the course of his career so far he has worked on many features and TV shows including Rambo, The Expendables 1 and 3, Creed 1 and 2, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Lovecraft Country, Channel Zero, and many others.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove
What are Paul Harb's films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 15
Light 3 · Serious 7 · Dark 6
Grounded 6 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 7 · Intense 9
Steady 5 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 5
Casual 11 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 3
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
- Other1
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 Paul Harb's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Harb'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
20 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
Hellfire(2026)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Hounds of War(2024)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Day Shift(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Creed II(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Air Strike(2018)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Acts of Vengeance(2017)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Security(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Eliminators(2016)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Interrogation(2016)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Vice(2015)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Expendables 3(2014)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
To Have and to Hold(2014)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Frozen Ground(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Fire with Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Expendables(2010)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
From Mexico with Love(2009)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Rocky Balboa(2006)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 2006 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Highest rated
Creed II (2018)
Most popular right now
The Expendables (2010)
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 Paul Harb's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 20 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 34. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Paul Harb's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Paul Harb work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Harb's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dolph Lundgren shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Isaac FlorentineShared titles: Hellfire (2026), Hounds of War (2024), Acts of Vengeance (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Isaac Florentine
- James NunnShared titles: The Marine 5: Battleground (2017), Eliminators (2016)See all 2 shared titles with James Nunn
Writers
- Sylvester StalloneShared titles: Creed II (2018), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Sylvester Stallone
- Dave CallahamShared titles: The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Callaham
Actors
- Dolph LundgrenShared titles: Hellfire (2026), Creed II (2018), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Dolph Lundgren
- Stephen LangShared titles: Hellfire (2026), From Mexico with Love (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Lang
- Scott AdkinsShared titles: Day Shift (2022), Eliminators (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Adkins
- Antonio BanderasShared titles: Acts of Vengeance (2017), Security (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Banderas
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kurt NishimuraShared titles: Hellfire (2026), Hounds of War (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Kurt Nishimura
- Claude FoisyShared titles: The Marine 5: Battleground (2017), Eliminators (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Claude Foisy
- Luke BryantShared titles: The Marine 5: Battleground (2017), Eliminators (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Luke Bryant
- Brian TylerShared titles: The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Tyler
Producers
- Avi LernerShared titles: Acts of Vengeance (2017), Security (2017), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Avi Lerner
- Les WeldonShared titles: Acts of Vengeance (2017), Security (2017), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Les Weldon
- Kevin King TempletonShared titles: Creed II (2018), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin King Templeton
- Boaz DavidsonShared titles: Acts of Vengeance (2017), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Expendables (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Boaz Davidson
Mixed roles
- Sean AlbertsonShared titles: Risen: The Story of Chron 'Hell Razah' Smith (2020), The Expendables 3 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Albertson
