Robert Ballo

Robert Ballo is a story teller and image maker. For 20 years, he was a member of the professional faculty in the School of Cinematics Arts at the University of Southern California (USC) teaching film and video imaging. He is a graduate of the USC film production program and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as: Producer and cinematographer
Titles: 52 on MovieCove · 64 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Robert Ballo's films like?

Across their 52 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Thriller19 titles24^th

Drama17 titles18^th

Crime7 titles25^th

Comedy2 titles40^th

Documentary2 titles70^th

Mystery2 titles20^th

Romance2 titles33^rd

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

share of theme weight

Morality

34%

Bonds

18%

Self

18%

Survival

17%

Society

Ideas

Power

Deception19 Obsession10 Survival12 Family bonds10 Justice10 Betrayal10 Romantic love6 Trauma5

What they feel like to watch

their average across 52 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 3 · Wry 4 · Earnest 43

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 25 · Dark 13

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 40 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 29 · Intense 18

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 41 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 36 · Relentless 1

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 28 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 21 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 9

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 46 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Dread

Melancholic

Thrilling

Absurd

Other

How their films linger

Unsettling29 Fun11 Cathartic13 Bittersweet12 Thought-provoking9 Feel-good8

How their films end · 16 with a twist

Happy11
Bittersweet28
Ambiguous13

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 Robert Ballo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Lifetime Movie Club7 titles, show their 7 titles on Lifetime Movie Club
IndiePix Unlimited4 titles, show their 4 titles on IndiePix Unlimited
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Ballo'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

64 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page.

When I'm Ready(2025)
Producer
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
My Child Has My Doctor's Face(2024)
Producer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Beach House Murders(2024)
Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Vanished in Yosemite(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Haunted by My Stalker(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Love in Zion National: A National Park Romance(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Nanny Dearest(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Black Girl Missing(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Spinning Out of Control(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
My Landlord Wants Me Dead(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Secrets in the Building (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Producer
Revenge for My Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Producer
Secrets on Campus(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Marry Me in Yosemite(2022)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Bodyguard Seduction(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Dying to Win(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Student Seduction(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Swim Instructor Nightmare(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Deadly Garage Sale(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Deadly Cheers(2022)
Producer
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
A Dangerous Defense(2021)
Producer · Still Photographer
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Wheels of Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Producer
Pom Poms and Payback(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Killer Profile(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Dangerous Medicine(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Designed for Death(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Deadly Mile High Club(2020)
Producer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Smuggling in Suburbia(2019)
Producer
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
My Daughter's Ransom(2019)
Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Deadly Runway(2018)
Producer
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Spinning Man(2018)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
A Lover Betrayed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Producer
Swim at Your Own Risk(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Stalker Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Producer
Double Mommy(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Stalked by My Mother(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Stalked by My Doctor: The Return(2016)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Backstabbed(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Stalked by My Doctor(2015)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Bad Sister(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Flirting with Madness(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Double Daddy(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Stalked by My Neighbor(2015)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Babysitter's Black Book(2015)
Producer
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Sugar Daddies(2014)
Producer
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Death Clique(2014)
Producer
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Missing at 17 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Cinematographer · Producer
The Cheating Pact(2013)
Producer
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Perfect Boyfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Producer
Dirty Teacher(2013)
Producer
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Surrogate(2013)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Teenage Bank Heist(2012)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Stalked at 17(2012)
Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Home Invasion(2012)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Walking the Halls(2012)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Betrayed at 17(2011)
Cinematographer · Producer
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Locked Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Cinematographer · Producer
Accused at 17 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Camera Operator · Cinematographer · Producer
Spectres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Producer
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages(2004)
Cinematographer · Producer
The Great Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Director
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Cinematographer
Dirty Harry: The Original(2001)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 62 titles from 2001 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Spinning Man (2018)

$284K worldwide

Highest rated

Double Mommy (2016)

Midcredits 46^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing1 of 62Producing59 of 62 · 25^thCinematography13 of 62 · 34^thOther crew2 of 62

62 titles, 12 with more than one role — producing and cinematography overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s30 · crew2020s27 · 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 Robert Ballo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25^th percentile, the median of the 51 of 52 with a score; across their 52 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 52

Approval · how many liked their films

24^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 52

Reach · how many have seen their films

45^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 52

Midcredits score across 51 titles, by percentile

50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th24
Below 25^th25

Shape of the crowd

38 of their 51 titles are Mixed.

Divisive1
Cult Classic10
Crowd Pleaser1
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed38

Most divisive · producer

Black Girl Missing (2023)

94^th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Dirty Harry: The Original (2001)

Midcredits 70^th · 58% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 49/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 41. 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.

Is Robert Ballo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Sex & Nudity5 titles24–41 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Robert Ballo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Ballo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Timothy O. Johnson shares the most, 41.

Robert Ballo

What are Robert Ballo's films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Robert Ballo's films?

Filmography

Career shape

By role

By decade

How do Robert Ballo's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is Robert Ballo's work okay for kids?

Who does Robert Ballo work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers