Maureen Bharoocha is writer/director best known for her work as segment director on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and directing the SXSW 2020 arm wrestling comedy, Golden Arm. Hailing from a mixed family of half Irish Catholic and half Indian-Pakistani Burmese Muslim heritage. Maureen’s signature style heightens beautiful images with dark comedy.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Director and writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Maureen Bharoocha's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet1
- 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 Maureen Bharoocha's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Maureen Bharoocha'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
16 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
Deli Boys(2025)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
High Potential(2024)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Prank(2022)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Grand Crew(2021)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Golden Arm(2020)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Drama Club(2021)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Saved by the Bell(2020)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Hairpin Bender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
I Am Watching You(2016)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all filmsMovie Mind Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Fatal Flip(2015)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Cavemen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
King of California(2007)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2000 to 2025.
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.
How do Maureen Bharoocha's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 13 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the atmosphere 48/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Maureen Bharoocha work with?
People who share at least 2 of Maureen Bharoocha's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sarah C. Reeves shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Ellen HugginsShared titles: I Am Watching You (2016), Fatal Flip (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ellen Huggins
Actors
- Betsy SodaroShared titles: The Prank (2022), Golden Arm (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Betsy Sodaro
- Kate FlanneryShared titles: The Prank (2022), Golden Arm (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Flannery
- Nathan JanakShared titles: The Prank (2022), Drama Club (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Janak
- Ahmed BharoochaShared titles: Golden Arm (2020), I Am Watching You (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ahmed Bharoocha
Editors
- Sarah C. ReevesShared titles: The Prank (2022), I Am Watching You (2016), Fatal Flip (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Sarah C. Reeves