Cristina Dunlap
Cinematographer · USA
Cristina Dunlap has worked as a Director of Photography on numerous award-winning projects including feature films, television series, music videos and commercials. She just finished principal photography for the upcoming feature F**K directed by Cord Jefferson. Her recent credits include Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth, which won the Sundance Audience Award and is currently streaming on Apple TV+, as well as Am I Ok?, the directorial debut of Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, starring Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno.
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Biography from TMDB.
- USA
- Cinematographer
- 7 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Cristina Dunlap's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- 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 Cristina Dunlap's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Cristina Dunlap'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
15 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Chili Finger(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Am I OK?(2022)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
American Fiction(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Cha Cha Real Smooth(2022)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Young King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Crossbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Anxiety's Wilma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Bit(2019)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Boundless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The 'S' Word with Vanessa Lengies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Parker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Losing in Love(2016)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Emptied (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Don't Quit Your Daydream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2010 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
Highest rated
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
Most popular right now
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
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 Cristina Dunlap's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the cinematography 74/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 40. 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 Cristina Dunlap's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
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 Cristina Dunlap work with?
People who share at least 2 of Cristina Dunlap's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dakota Johnson shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Dakota JohnsonShared titles: Am I OK? (2022), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Dakota Johnson
Producers
- Erik FeigShared titles: Am I OK? (2022), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Feig
- Ro DonnellyShared titles: Am I OK? (2022), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ro Donnelly
- Shayne FiskeShared titles: Am I OK? (2022), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Shayne Fiske
