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Sean Conley

Sean Conley

Cinematographer · Born April 20, 1985 (41) · Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Director of Photography in Portland, Oregon. His work includes narrative and documentary features, shorts, episodic television, commercials and music videos.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 20, 1985 (41)
From
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 25% in 30 days

What are Sean Conley's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
42%
Self
20%
Morality
19%
Power
9%
Bonds
6%
Ideas
5%
Trauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

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

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Hopeful
1
Cold
1

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Sean Conley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sean Conley'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

21 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Kinship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Mall Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Classroom 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Decibel(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Air He Breathes(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Santa Isn't Real(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Mother of Color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Sex, Lies and the College Cult(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Miss Mary Mack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • Myosotis Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

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

    Cinematographer

  • Time Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Assistant Camera

  • Marble City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • American Xeno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • Cibil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • Dead Remains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Food Cart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • Killer Cream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • The Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

  • The Volunteers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Time Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles, 11 of them dated from 2015 to 2025.

Highest rated

The Air He Breathes (2024)

Midcredits 69th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 20: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleCinematography19 of 20: 11 only cinematography, 8 with another roleEditing2 of 20: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew7 of 20: 1 only other crew, 6 with another role

20 titles, 8 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s8 · crew

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

How do Sean Conley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

14thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · cinematographer

Decibel (2024)

66th percentile spread · 57% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The Air He Breathes (2024)

Midcredits 69th · 63% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Sean Conley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sean Conley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zac Locke shares the most, 2.

Directors

Producers