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Editor, cinematographer, producer and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove

What are Michael Shade's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
3
Dread
2
Hopeful
2

How their films end

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Shade's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Shade'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

5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Night Is Not Eternal(2024)

    Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Mind Over Murder(2022)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • In the Same Breath(2021)

    Cinematographer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • I Am Another You(2017)

    Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Hooligan Sparrow(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

Career shape

Across their 5 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 5: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 5: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography2 of 5: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing4 of 5: 1 only editing, 3 with another role

5 titles, 3 with more than one role — editing and cinematography overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Michael Shade's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2

Reviewers score the pacing 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 23. 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 Michael Shade work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Shade's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nanfu Wang shares the most, 5.

Directors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles