Brett Granstaff was a resident of many locations growing up including Chattanooga, Tennessee; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada; Seattle, Washington and Hendersonville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts and Cambridge University, Judge Business School. Granstaff is best known as an executive producer of Scott Cooper's crime drama "Black Mass" starring Johnny Depp.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
- Actor, producer and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Brett Granstaff's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 5
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Chris Samuels in The Masked Saint (2016)
Moods and endings
- 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 Brett Granstaff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Brett Granstaff'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
11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

The Masked Saint(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Black Mass(2015)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Vice(2015)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Prince(2014)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Frozen Ground(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Empire State(2013)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Freelancers(2012)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Fire with Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Set Up(2011)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
States of Grace(2005)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsAutonomousLESs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2005 to 2016.
How do Brett Granstaff's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 17th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Brett Granstaff's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
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 Brett Granstaff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brett Granstaff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Barry Brooker shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Brian A. MillerShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Brian A. Miller

Writers
- Andre FabrizioShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Andre Fabrizio

- Jeremy PassmoreShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremy Passmore

Actors
- 50 CentShared titles: The Prince (2014), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012)See all 4 shared titles with 50 Cent

- Bruce WillisShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014), Fire with Fire (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Willis

- Ryan O'NanShared titles: Vice (2015), Freelancers (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan O'Nan

- Gia MantegnaShared titles: The Prince (2014), The Frozen Ground (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Gia Mantegna

Cinematographers and editors
- Rick ShaineShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Rick Shaine

- Yaron LevyShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Yaron Levy

Producers
- Barry BrookerShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014), Empire State (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Barry Brooker
- George FurlaShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014), Empire State (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012)See all 6 shared titles with George Furla

- Gus FurlaShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014), Empire State (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Gus Furla
- Randall EmmettShared titles: Vice (2015), The Prince (2014), Empire State (2013), The Frozen Ground (2013), Fire with Fire (2012), Freelancers (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Randall Emmett



