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Sylvain White

Sylvain White

Director, also writer · Born December 21, 1971 (54) · Paris, France

Sylvain White (born December 21, 1971) is a film and television director.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 21, 1971 (54)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Director, also writer
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 11% in 30 days

What are Sylvain White's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 1st percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Morality
51%
Survival
22%
Bonds
12%
Self
7%
Power
2%
Society
2%
Ideas
2%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 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 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · 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 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
4
Melancholic
4
Thrilling
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Sylvain White's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sylvain White'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

37 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page.

  • Government Cheese(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Justified: City Primeval(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: Dead City(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Last Thing He Told Me(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • The Terminal List(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • All American: Homecoming(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Invasion(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Amazing Stories(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • For All Mankind(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Boys(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Umbrella Academy(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Rookie(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Magnum P.I.(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Slender Man(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Station 19(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • MacGyver(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Lethal Weapon(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Rush Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Billions(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Empire(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Scorpion(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Originals(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Sleepy Hollow(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Mark of the Angels - Miserere(2013)

    Director · Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Americans(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Following(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Major Crimes(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Person of Interest(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Losers(2010)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Walled In(2009)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Mentalist(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Stomp the Yard(2007)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer(2006)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Trois 3: The Escort(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Unidentified (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 37 titles, 36 of them dated from 2004 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Stomp the Yard (2007)

$76M worldwide

Highest rated

Justified: City Primeval (2023)

Midcredits 62nd

Most popular right now

Slender Man (2018)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing36 of 37: 35 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thWriting2 of 37: 1 only writing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s23 · crew2020s8 · 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 Sylvain White's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · director

All American: Homecoming (2022)

87th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Fargo (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 52/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 7 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 Sylvain White's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles55–80 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles25–57 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 60 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

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 Sylvain White work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sylvain White's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Checel shares the most, 4.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles