Matthew Jensen is an American cinematographer. Jensen was born in Indiana and grew up in Northern Virginia. As a child, he took numerous classes at the Smithsonian Institution. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California. His past credits include Game of Thrones, Fantastic Four, and Wonder Woman. In 2013, he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.Variety listed him as one of the "10 Cinematographers to Watch in 2017." In 2021, Jensen won a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series category for the episode "Chapter 15: The Believer" from the series The Mandalorian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Jensen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Indiana, USA
- Cinematographer
- 18 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Matthew Jensen's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 5
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
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 Matthew Jensen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Jensen'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
25 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.
The Boroughs(2026)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Playdate(2025)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Barron's Cove(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Poolman(2023)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Cosmetic Criminals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Extrapolations(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Wonder Woman 1984(2020)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Mandalorian(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Wonder Woman(2017)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Fantastic Four(2015)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Filth(2013)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Ray Donovan(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
GCB(2012)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Chronicle(2012)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Game of Thrones(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Checking Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Green Street Hooligans(2005)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Numb3rs(2005)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
The Ecology of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Killer Diller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Devil's Pond(2003)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Man of the Century(1999)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Rodents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Thumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
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
Won a Primetime Emmy in 2021, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour).
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 Matthew Jensen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Universally Panned2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the cinematography 69/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 54. 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 Matthew Jensen's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most 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 Matthew Jensen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matthew Jensen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Patty Jenkins shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Patty JenkinsShared titles: Poolman (2023), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Patty Jenkins
- Josh TrankShared titles: Fantastic Four (2015), Chronicle (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Trank
Actors
- Chris PineShared titles: Poolman (2023), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Chris Pine
- Connie NielsenShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Connie Nielsen
- Gal GadotShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Gal Gadot
- Robin WrightShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Robin Wright
Editors
- Elliot GreenbergShared titles: Fantastic Four (2015), Chronicle (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Elliot Greenberg
Producers
- Charles RovenShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Roven
- Deborah SnyderShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Deborah Snyder
- Zack SnyderShared titles: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Wonder Woman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Zack Snyder
- John DavisShared titles: Chronicle (2012), Devil's Pond (2003)See all 2 shared titles with John Davis
