Karim Amer is an Emmy, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominated filmmaker known for his bold investigative documentaries and global social impact storytelling. His work includes HBO’s The Vow, Showtime’s The Lincoln Project, and Amazon’s Flight Risk, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. His Netflix film The Great Hack premiered at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and received both BAFTA and Emmy nominations. He has also produced the narrative feature films You Resemble Me (WILLA) and All That's Left of You (Visibility Films/Watermelon Pictures).
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1984 (42)
- Egypt
- Producer and director, also writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Karim Amer's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 6
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- 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 Karim Amer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Karim Amer'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
15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
The Man Will Burn(2026)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
The Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
All That's Left of You(2025)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsThe Fake Mayor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Defiant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Handle with Extreme Care (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Keys to the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
You Resemble Me(2021)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Lincoln Project(2022)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Flight/Risk(2022)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Vow(2020)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Revolution Rent(2019)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Great Hack(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Breadwinner(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Square(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2013 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Breadwinner (2017)
Highest rated
The Breadwinner (2017)
Most popular right now
The Vow (2020)
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
5 major nominations and no wins, 2014–2020.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Documentary
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Features
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Documentary
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 Karim Amer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Karim Amer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Karim Amer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Geralyn White Dreyfous shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Jehane NoujaimShared titles: The Man Will Burn (2026), Flight/Risk (2022), The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019), The Breadwinner (2017), The Square (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Jehane Noujaim
- Omar MullickShared titles: Flight/Risk (2022), You Resemble Me (2021), The Vow (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Omar Mullick
Writers
- Pedro KosShared titles: The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019), The Square (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Pedro Kos
Actors
- Dina AmerShared titles: You Resemble Me (2021), The Square (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Dina Amer
Editors
- Christopher de la TorreShared titles: Revolution Rent (2019), The Great Hack (2019), The Square (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher de la Torre
Producers
- Geralyn White DreyfousShared titles: The Man Will Burn (2026), All That's Left of You (2025), The Lincoln Project (2022), You Resemble Me (2021), The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019), The Square (2013)See all 7 shared titles with Geralyn White Dreyfous
- Nina Sing FialkowShared titles: The Man Will Burn (2026), Flight/Risk (2022), The Lincoln Project (2022), The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Nina Sing Fialkow
- Lyn Davis LearShared titles: The Man Will Burn (2026), The Lincoln Project (2022), The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Lyn Davis Lear
- Mike LernerShared titles: Flight/Risk (2022), The Vow (2020), The Great Hack (2019), The Square (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Mike Lerner
Mixed roles
- Chris HegedusShared titles: The Lincoln Project (2022), The Vow (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Hegedus
- Sarah AmerShared titles: You Resemble Me (2021), The Square (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Sarah Amer