
- Editor
- 15 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Known for
What are Samuel R. Santana's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
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
- 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).
- You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024) · editor
- Grenfell: Uncovered (2025) · editor
- The Lost Children (2024) · editor
- The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football (2022) · editor
- Britain and the Blitz (2025) · editor
- Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy (2024) · editor
- Trump: An American Dream (2017) · editor
- Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (2022) · editor
- BritBox
- discovery+
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.

Grenfell: Uncovered(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Britain and the Blitz(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Lost Children(2024)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
In the Shadow of 9/11(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Moon Landing Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Crime and Punishment(2019)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Trump: An American Dream(2017)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

An Idiot Abroad(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Passions of Vaughan Williams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Life or Death(2007)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2008 to 2025.

Highest rated
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)

Most popular right now
An Idiot Abroad (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.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2021–2026.
- BAFTA Award, won · Single Documentary
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Editing, Factual
- BAFTA Award, nominated · International
- 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.
- 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
- Katie BryerShared titles: The Lost Children (2024), You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Katie Bryer

- David SchweitzerShared titles: Flordelis: Em Nome da Mãe (2022), The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Schweitzer

- William GrayburnShared titles: The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (2020), An Idiot Abroad (2010)See all 2 shared titles with William Grayburn
- Matthew CracknellShared titles: Crime and Punishment (2019), Trump: An American Dream (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Cracknell

Producers
- Owen PhillipsShared titles: In the Shadow of 9/11 (2021), The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Owen Phillips
- David GloverShared titles: The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (2020), Trump: An American Dream (2017)See all 2 shared titles with David Glover
Mixed roles
- Ella WrightShared titles: Britain and the Blitz (2025), Trump: An American Dream (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ella Wright
- Jamie BerryShared titles: The Lost Children (2024), Crime and Punishment (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Berry
- Alex EmslieShared titles: Flordelis: Em Nome da Mãe (2022), Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Emslie
