- Director, producer and writer, also actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
Known for
What are Nicholas Ma's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
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 Nicholas Ma'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 Nicholas Ma'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
5 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Mabel(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Leap of Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Unfinished Business(2022)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Suite No. 1, Prelude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 2018 to 2026.
How do Nicholas Ma's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 3; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 4 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 Nicholas Ma work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicholas Ma's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Morgan Neville shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Morgan NevilleShared titles: Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Morgan Neville

Actors
- Yo-Yo MaShared titles: Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018), The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Yo-Yo Ma

Cinematographers
- Graham WilloughbyShared titles: Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Graham Willoughby
Producers
- Clara Wu TsaiShared titles: Mabel (2024), Unfinished Business (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Clara Wu Tsai
- Derek EsplinShared titles: Mabel (2024), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Derek Esplin
- Jenifer WestphalShared titles: Mabel (2024), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jenifer Westphal

- John BoccardoShared titles: Mabel (2024), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)See all 2 shared titles with John Boccardo



