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Samuel R. Santana

Samuel R. Santana

Editor

BAFTA Award winner

Works as
Editor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all

What are Samuel R. Santana's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
7
Contemplative
4
Cold
3
Dread
2
Other
3

How their films end

  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

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 Samuel R. Santana's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

Subscription and free streaming for Samuel R. Santana'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

18 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2008 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing9 of 9: 9 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score82nd

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s6 · 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

a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2021–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, won · Single Documentary
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Editing, Factual
  2. 2025
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · International
  3. 2021
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Specialist Factual

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 Samuel R. Santana's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 52, detractors 24. 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.

Who does Samuel R. Santana work with?

People who share at least 2 of Samuel R. Santana's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Katie Bryer shares the most, 2.

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles