Nicolas Pesce (born January 18, 1990) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing horror films such as The Eyes of My Mother (2016), Piercing (2018) and The Grudge (2019).
Biography from TMDB.
- January 18, 1990 (36)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, writer and editor
- 4 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Nicolas Pesce's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3
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 Nicolas Pesce's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Nicolas Pesce'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
7 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Monsterland(2020)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Grudge(2019)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Piercing(2018)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Caretaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Eyes of My Mother(2016)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Paradox Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Visitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 5 of them dated from 2016 to 2020.
How do Nicolas Pesce's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 32/100 in their films, across 3 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.
Is Nicolas Pesce's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nicolas Pesce work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicolas Pesce's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Schuyler Weiss shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Olivia BondShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Olivia Bond
- Paul NazakShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Nazak
- Will BrillShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Will Brill
Cinematographers
- Zack GallerShared titles: The Grudge (2019), Piercing (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Zack Galler
Producers
- Schuyler WeissShared titles: The Grudge (2019), Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Schuyler Weiss
- Antonio CamposShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Campos
- Avi SternShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Avi Stern
- Jacob WassermanShared titles: Piercing (2018), The Eyes of My Mother (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob Wasserman
