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Carmen Emmi

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.

Born
April 30, 1990 (36)
From
Syracuse, New York, USA
Works as
Director, producer, cinematographer and writer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 4 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 9% in 30 days

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.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
59%
Bonds
16%
Power
11%
Morality
7%
Ideas
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
2
Dread
1
Hopeful
1
Tense
1
Contemplative
1

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)

    Director · Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Doin' It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Painting Anna(2019)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Don Quixote(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 3 titles from 2015 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 3: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 3: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 3: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography1 of 3: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s1 · crew

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

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

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

Composers

Producers