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Michael Thomas James

Michael Thomas James

Editor · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Michael Thomas James is a Chicago-based editor who works on narrative feature films, shorts and documentaries such as the Emmy award winning Pooh: The Derrick Rose Story. He is also known for supervising dailies processing for network shows, such as The Bear and The Chi.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Editor
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 6% in 30 days

What are Michael Thomas James' films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Morality
23%
Society
21%
Bonds
16%
Survival
10%
Ideas
4%
Self-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Hopeful
3
Warm
1
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
1
Other
5

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 Michael Thomas James' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Thomas James' 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

49 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

  • Love Language(2026)

    Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • United States of Rugby(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Editor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Foreign Orange 2: Blood Orange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer · as Hargins J. O'Craig

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

    Editor

  • Ask A Punk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editor

  • Take 290 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editor

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

    Dailies Technician · Title Graphics

  • The Invite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editor

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

    Editor

  • Emperor of Ocean Park(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • We Grown Now(2023)

    Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • EXmas(2023)

    Title Designer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Tower Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Editor

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

    Show 15 episodes · Dailies Manager

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

    Editor

  • Between the Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Editor

  • De la morera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Editor

  • La salida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Editor

  • The Class(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • 61st Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · Dailies Manager

  • Somebody Somewhere(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Christmas with Felicity(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Big Leap(2021)

    Show 11 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

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

    Director · Editor · Writer

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

    Editor

  • Range Runners(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Disturbing the Peace(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Work in Progress(2019)

    Show 18 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Hala(2019)

    Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

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

    Editor

  • Beats(2019)

    Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Red Line(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Pooh: The Derrick Rose Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Editor · Online Editor

  • Groupers(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Proven Innocent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · Dailies Manager

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

    Show 6 episodes · Editor

  • The Chi(2018)

    Show 78 episodes · Dailies Manager

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Cellar Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Editor

  • The Monster Project(2017)

    Additional Editor · Online Editor

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Signature Move(2017)

    Additional Editor · Online Editor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Southside with You(2016)

    Dailies Technician

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Orange Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Assistant Editor

  • Kickboxer: Vengeance(2016)

    Foley Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Sirens(2014)

    Show 23 episodes · Dailies Technician

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

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

    Second Assistant Camera

  • Dog Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

  • Hafu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

  • Whole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

  • You Don’t Belong Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 49 titles, 45 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Disturbing the Peace (2020)

$49K worldwide

Highest rated

Groupers (2019)

Midcredits 39th

Most popular right now

Disturbing the Peace (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 49: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting2 of 49: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 49: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleCinematography1 of 49: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing29 of 49: 24 only editing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score25thOther crew23 of 49: 20 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

49 titles, 5 with more than one role — editing and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s18 · crew2020s27 · 1 acting · 27 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.

How do Michael Thomas James' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 22 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · editor

Groupers (2019)

94th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Signature Move (2017)

Midcredits 46th · 47% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 24. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Michael Thomas James work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Thomas James' MovieCove titles; Jonathan Bross shares the most, 3.