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Amman Abbasi

Amman Abbasi

Composer, producer, director and writer

Sundance award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Works as
Composer, producer, director and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 5% in 30 days

What are Amman Abbasi's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
30%
Self
23%
Survival
23%
Ideas
14%
Bonds
11%
Isolation2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Contemplative
3
Tense
3
Dread
1
Hopeful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Amman Abbasi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Amman Abbasi'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, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud(2025)

    Additional Camera · Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Saba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Yasmeen's Element (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer · Composer · Producer · Writer

  • The Exorcist: Believer(2023)

    Composer · Musician

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Materna(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dayveon(2017)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Shelter(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Meth Storm(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 2017 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Dayveon (2017)

$2.1K worldwide

Highest rated

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

Meth Storm (2017)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 8: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 8: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing4 of 8: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleMusic6 of 8: 3 only music, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 8: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 8: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

8 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2017–2018.

  1. 2018
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated ×2
  2. 2017
    • Sundance award, nominated · Best of Next!

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 Amman Abbasi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · composer

Shelter (2016)

92nd percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)

Midcredits 80th · 70% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 43/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

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 Amman Abbasi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amman Abbasi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brent Renaud shares the most, 4.

Directors

Producers