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Narayan Van Maele

Narayan Van Maele

Cinematographer, also actor

BAFTA Award nominee

Works as
Cinematographer, also actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 18% in 30 days

What are Narayan Van Maele's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.

Genres

Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Society
26%
Survival
19%
Bonds
17%
Power
16%
Morality
9%
Ideas
7%
Self
6%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 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 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 3

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 3 · 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 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
5
Hopeful
5
Melancholic
3
Warm
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • 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 Narayan Van Maele's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Narayan Van Maele'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

56 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Spider Island(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Soulm8te(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • One Last Deal(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Restoration at Grayson Manor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • A Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Frewaka(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Me and Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Don't Forget to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • One More Round (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Double Blind(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • So This Is Christmas(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Uroboros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Waiting Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Sunlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Dublin Narcos(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Far Calls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • The Rattle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Uprooted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Million Dollar Pigeons(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • An Irish Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • You Are Not My Mother(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Water Under the Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Love Yourself Today(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Scrap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Seven Feet Nine and a Quarter Inches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Snooze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Saoirse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Sins of a Werewolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Rough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Broken Law(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Maya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Wrath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Moth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • 99 Problems (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • My Trans Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Additional Director of Photography

  • Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Lady Black Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Low Tide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Lost in the Living(2015)

    Cinematographer · as Guy at Hospital

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gutland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Under Growth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • The Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • For You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Mammal(2016)

    Second Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Gridlock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Foreign Affairs(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Seventh Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Box Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Alia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    First Assistant Camera

  • Love Eternal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Second Assistant Camera

  • Broken Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Camera Operator

  • Doghouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    First Assistant Camera

  • Hell Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • The Euthanizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 56 titles, 55 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Double Blind (2023)

$332K worldwide

Highest rated

Frewaka (2024)

Midcredits 51st

Most popular right now

Soulm8te (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 56: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting1 of 56: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 56: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleCinematography51 of 56: 49 only cinematography, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thOther crew5 of 56: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s23 · 1 acting · 23 crew2020s31 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2024, Photography, Factual.

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 Narayan Van Maele's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · cinematographer

Foreign Affairs (2016)

94th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

So This Is Christmas (2023)

Midcredits 84th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 62/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 55. 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 Narayan Van Maele's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 90 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 9 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Narayan Van Maele work with?

People who share at least 2 of Narayan Van Maele's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Die Hexen shares the most, 3.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles