Bongani Mlambo
Bongani Mlambo is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe, an introspective child whose imagination blossomed into a curiosity and quest for truth and meaning that have defined his life and art. His recent projects include features, We're All Gonna Die by Rocketjump duo Freddie Wong and Matt Arnold; All Creatures directed by Collin Schiffli, starring David Dastmalchian (Suicide Squad, Blade Runner 2049, The Dark Knight) and Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jumanji, Doctor Who); The Virgin of Highland Park by Sonia Sebastian, starring Penelope Ann Miller and Dermot Mulroney; Three Days In August by Johnathan Brownlee; and Upstream Color by Shane Carruth. More recently, Bongani’s credits also include The Hair Tales TV series by Tracee Ellis Ross and Michaela Angela Davis for OWN, Onyx Collective, and Hulu; Waffles and Mochi Holiday Feast special for Netflix and the Obama’s Higher Ground production company; and Dot and Brie Talk TV on Hulu.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Cinematographer
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Bongani Mlambo's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
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 Bongani Mlambo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Bongani Mlambo'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
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
We're All Gonna Die(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Burns and Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
A Little Hope for Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Black Belts(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Hair Tales(2022)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Goldfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Of Hearts and Castles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Get Back Up(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
All Creatures Here Below(2018)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Brightburn(2019)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Coin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Just One Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Jules of Light and Dark(2018)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Three Days in August(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Upstream Color(2013)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Nail House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 2013 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 Bongani Mlambo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive3
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the cinematography 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 53. 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.
Who does Bongani Mlambo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bongani Mlambo's MovieCove titles; Nicole Galovski shares the most, 2.
- Nicole GalovskiShared titles: The Hair Tales (2022), All Creatures Here Below (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nicole Galovski
- Tracee Ellis RossShared titles: The Hair Tales (2022), Waffles + Mochi: Holiday Feast (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Tracee Ellis Ross
