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Jared Raab

Jared Raab

Cinematographer, producer and actor, also editor and writer · Ontario, Canada

Jared Raab is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, best known for his work on the television series Nirvanna the Band the Show. Originally from Millbrook, Ontario, Raab studied film at York University. He made a number of short films before breaking through to wider attention with his 2011 short The Revenge Plot, which won the Fan Favorite award at the 2011 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition. For a number of years thereafter he was a director of music videos for artists such as Born Ruffians, Arkells, Ohbijou, Diamond Rings, PS I Love You, Snailhouse, Young Rival and Fast Romantics. He received two Prism Prize nominations as a director of music videos, in 2017 for July Talk's "Picturing Love" and in 2021 for Andy Shauf's "Clove Cigarette". He was cinematographer on Matt Johnson's films The Dirties and Operation Avalanche prior to Johnson and Jay McCarrol creating Nirvanna the Band the Show, for which Raab was both a cinematographer and one of the writers. He is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series for Nirvanna the Band the Show, receiving nods at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for "The Bean" and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for "The Book", and a nominee for Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for This Is Pop.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Ontario, Canada
Works as
Cinematographer, producer and actor, also editor and writer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Jared Raab's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Bonds
26%
Ideas
16%
Power
11%
Morality
10%
Survival
9%
Society
2%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Contemplative
6
Absurd
4
Warm
3
Joyful
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

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 Jared Raab's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jared Raab'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

32 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Betrayers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie(2025)

    Cinematographer · Executive Producer · Story · Title Designer · as Jared

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Middle Life(2025)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Beauty's Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story(2024)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • BlackBerry: The Limited Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

  • July Talk: Love Lives Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer · Editorial Consultant

  • BlackBerry(2023)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Photo Booth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Additional Photography

  • We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel)(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • V/H/S/94(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • This Is Pop(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • For Heaven's Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Cursed Films(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Mouthpiece(2018)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Nirvanna the Band the Show(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Operation Avalanche(2016)

    Cinematographer · Co-Producer · as Jared Raab

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Operation Avalanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Spring & Arnaud(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Dirties(2013)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • A Pretty Funny Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer

  • The Revenge Plot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Three Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer · Producer · as Jared

  • Shubadak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Nirvana the Band the Show: Live @ the Rivoli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • Fig Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Editor

  • Nirvana the Band the Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 11 episodes · Camera Operator · Cinematographer · Producer

  • Gavin Matts: present (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Camera Operator

  • Journalism 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Schiller Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    "A" Camera Operator

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles, 26 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

$5.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Nirvanna the Band the Show (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Cursed Films (2020)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 29: 0 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting3 of 29: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 29: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing8 of 29: 1 only producing, 7 with another roleCinematography21 of 29: 10 only cinematography, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndEditing2 of 29: 1 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew9 of 29: 5 only other crew, 4 with another role

29 titles, 11 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s8 · 2 acting · 8 crew2020s14 · 1 acting · 14 crew

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 Jared Raab's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · cinematographer

We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) (2022)

80th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, writer, producer, cinematographer

Nirvanna the Band the Show (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 52/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 24. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Jared Raab's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles26–82 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles4–44 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles65–89 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles29–43 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian 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 Jared Raab work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jared Raab's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Johnson shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers