Joe Saade
Joe Saade is a Lebanese cinematographer whose work includes fiction, documentary, music videos and commercials. His interest in architecture and faces informs his work as a DOP and filmmaker. Joe enjoys fluctuating between working on big sets and with minimal crews, High budget and Indie productions. His latest feature work includes the award winning Lebanese film " A Sad and Beautiful World ( Winner of the 2025 Giornate Degli Autori's People Choice Award in Venice Film Festival and the Oscar Submission for Lebanon). His latest TV work includes House of Guinness (Netflix) - The Responder (BBC) both directed by Mounia Akl . Some of his earlier work includes Joyland (Jury award Cannes Un certain regard 2022 ) Directed by Saim Sadiq - Costa Brava: Lebanon (2021-official selection Orrizonti Venice Film Festival - TIFF...) Directed By Mounia Akl - Broken Keys (2020-official selection Cannes...) Directed by Jimmy Keyrouz The Workers Cup by Adam Sobel (Sundance 2017). Submarine (2016) A short film he shot was the recipient of a KODAK award for excellence in Cinematography. Joe is based in Beirut, from which he has traveled for work to New York, the Brazilian Amazon, Egypt, Turkey, Kenya, Oman, UK, Germany, Pakistan for shoots that have ranged from architecture projects to workers' rights, from fiction to fashion, and from comedy to drama.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer
- 5 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Joe Saade's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
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 Joe Saade's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Joe Saade'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, 5 with a MovieCove page.
House of Guinness(2025)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Joyland(2022)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Costa Brava, Lebanon(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Broken Keys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
This Haunting Memory That Is Not My Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Beating Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Underdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Palimpsests (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The President's Visit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
El Gran Libano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Workers Cup(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Submarine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 2016 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Joyland (2022)
Highest rated
Joyland (2022)
Most popular right now
House of Guinness (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Joe Saade's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
Reviewers score the cinematography 85/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 50. 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 Joe Saade work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joe Saade's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mounia Akl shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Mounia AklShared titles: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), House of Guinness (2025), Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Mounia Akl
Producers
- April ShihShared titles: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), Joyland (2022)See all 2 shared titles with April Shih
- Georges SchoucairShared titles: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Georges Schoucair
- Jennifer Goyne BlakeShared titles: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), Joyland (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Goyne Blake
Mixed roles
- Cyril ArisShared titles: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Cyril Aris
