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Brett Granstaff

Brett Granstaff

Actor, producer and writer · Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA

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.

From
Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
Works as
Actor, producer and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 110% in 30 days

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
5
Dread
4
Triumphant
1
Melancholic
2
Other
3

How their films end

  • 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)

    Co-Writer · as Chris Samuels

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Black Mass(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Vice(2015)

    Executive Producer · as James

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • The Prince(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • The Frozen Ground(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Empire State(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Freelancers(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Fire with Fire(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Set Up(2011)

    as Dave Hall

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • States of Grace(2005)

    as Stearman

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • AutonomousLESs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Neo-Nazi

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2005 to 2016.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 8: 3 only acting, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 8: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 8: 3 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s6 · 3 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 79 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles24–75 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles80–93 · median 83 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 68 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 72 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

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

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers