John Maringouin is an American film director. His debut feature, Running Stumbled, received wide critical acclaim and was referred to by Variety as a "phantasmagoric filmmaking debut" Despite acclaim, a Spirit Award nomination, and a brief release in the UK, the film is unavailable in the United States. Maringouin's second feature, Big River Man, is about endurance swimmer Martin Strel's 2007 attempt to swim the entire Amazon river. The film won multiple 2009 documentary awards including at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film received almost unanimous critical praise and was described by The London Times as "an absolute epic" It is distributed by Planet Green. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Maringouin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 2, 1973 (53)
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Cinematographer, director, editor, producer, actor and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
Known for
What are John Maringouin's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Threshold guardianas Preacher in Septien (2011)
Moods and endings
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 John Maringouin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for John Maringouin'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
6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
American Santa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Ghostbox Cowboy(2018)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
We Are X(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Septien(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Big River Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Running Stumbled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 2006 to 2023.
By role
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do John Maringouin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the cinematography 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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 John Maringouin work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Maringouin's MovieCove titles; Robert Longstreet shares the most, 2.
- Robert LongstreetShared titles: Ghostbox Cowboy (2018), Septien (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Longstreet
