Victor Tadashi Suárez is a Japanese American and Spanish filmmaker and cinematographer based in Los Angeles. He directed, shot, and edited the film, STILL STANDING, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. He’s won two Emmys and was the DP for the series, Quiet on Set, the most-streamed title on Max. Some of his feature credits include #SKYKING (SXSW 2026), Take No Prisoners (SXSW 2025) and Driver (Tribeca 2024). His craft is influenced by his journalistic background, spending years shooting for the FX / Hulu series, The New York Times Presents, for which he was awarded the Edward R Murrow Award from The Overseas Press Club as well as an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Video Journalism (Collision) and, in 2021, Outstanding Documentary Cinematography (The Sicario). He was the cinematographer for Controlling Britney Spears, which was nominated in 2022 for a Primetime Emmy, and the PBS FRONTLINE film, South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning, which was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2025. He studied economics-philosophy and history at Columbia University in NYC. Awards for projects where he was the sole or lead credited DP include: 4 News and Doc Emmy wins, 3 Peabody nominations, 2 Creative Arts Emmy nominations, 1 Academy Award Shortlist, 21 News and Doc Emmy Nominations, 1 Television Critics Association Award Win, 1 Gotham Television Award nomination, 2 Overseas Press Club Awards, and winning best film at Full Frame, Seattle, and Aspen.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer
- 8 on MovieCove
What are Víctor Tadashi Suárez's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- 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 Víctor Tadashi Suárez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Víctor Tadashi Suárez'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
8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
#Skyking(2026)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The Strike(2024)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
El Equipo(2023)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
American Bistro(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Harvest Season(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Across their 8 MovieCove titles from 2018 to 2026.
Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Sundance award in 2026, Best Short Film.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Víctor Tadashi Suárez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
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 Víctor Tadashi Suárez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Víctor Tadashi Suárez's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bernardo Ruiz shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Bernardo RuizShared titles: El Equipo (2023), Harvest Season (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Bernardo Ruiz
Composers
- Ian HultquistShared titles: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024), Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Hultquist
Producers
- Aaron SaidmanShared titles: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024), Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Saidman
- Eli HolzmanShared titles: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024), Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Eli Holzman
- Katie SchwartzShared titles: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024), Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Katie Schwartz
- Lisa KalikowShared titles: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024), Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Kalikow