
Carmen Emmi
Director, producer, cinematographer and writer · Born April 30, 1990 (36) · Syracuse, New York, USA
Sundance award nominee
Carmen Emmi is an American filmmaker. He began his career as an independent Director of Photography, contributing to a range of projects, including short films, commercials, and feature-length productions. His first screenplay, Plainclothes, was recognized in several screenwriting competitions, including placing in the top 50 of the AMPAS Academy Nicholl Fellowship. The romantic thriller film premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 30, 1990 (36)
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Director, producer, cinematographer and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 4 credits in all
Known for
What are Carmen Emmi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Carmen Emmi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Carmen Emmi'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
4 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

Plainclothes(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all filmsDoin' It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Painting Anna(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Don Quixote(2015)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 2015 to 2025.
Awards
Nominated for a Sundance award in 2025, Dramatic.
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 Carmen Emmi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Divisive.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
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 Carmen Emmi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carmen Emmi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vanessa Pantley shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Jordan TrippeerShared titles: Painting Anna (2019), Don Quixote (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jordan Trippeer
Composers
- Nathan Matthew DavidShared titles: Painting Anna (2019), Don Quixote (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Matthew David

Producers
- Vanessa PantleyShared titles: Plainclothes (2025), Painting Anna (2019), Don Quixote (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Vanessa Pantley