Isidore Bethel
Editor, producer, writer, cinematographer and director · Born January 1, 1989 (37)
Isidore Bethel is an editor, director, and producer whom Filmmaker named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020. His work uses filmmaking to make sense of overwhelming experiences and touches on recurrent themes of displacement, grief, therapy, aging, trauma, and sexuality. His first feature film as director, Liam, premiered at the Boston LGBT Film Festival in 2018 and received the Jury Prize in the Documentary section of the Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival. His second film, Acts of Love, co-directed with French actor Francis Leplay, premiered at Hot Docs in 2021. The films he has edited and produced have screened at Cannes (Official and ACID sections), IDFA, Visions du Réel, Cinéma du Réel, True/False, and MoMA's Documentary Fortnight. In addition to working in the United States, Mexico, and France, he has also edited and produced films with filmmakers in Lebanon, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, and Turkey. Critics have characterized his work as demonstrative of "admirable restraint," "Wiseman-esque," "tender," and "elegant."
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1989 (37)
- Editor, producer, writer, cinematographer and director
- 6 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Isidore Bethel's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
- Other1
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 Isidore Bethel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Isidore Bethel'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
19 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
What Comes from Sitting in Silence? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
What Will I Become?(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Wi Cyah Stay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Taste of Mango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
unseen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Hummingbirds(2023)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Hollow Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
What We Leave Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Blue Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Maintenant et ici (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Some Kind of Intimacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Acts of Love(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
So Late So Soon(2020)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Caballerango(2018)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Liam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Of Men and War(2014)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Grandir (O Happy Days!) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Rehearsal for an Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 17 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.
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 Isidore Bethel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the pacing 72/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Isidore Bethel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Isidore Bethel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Hymanson shares the most, 2.
Cinematographers
- Daniel HymansonShared titles: Acts of Love (2021), So Late So Soon (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Hymanson
Producers
- J. GonçalvesShared titles: Acts of Love (2021), Caballerango (2018)See all 2 shared titles with J. Gonçalves
Mixed roles
- Juan Pablo GonzálezShared titles: Acts of Love (2021), Caballerango (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Juan Pablo González
