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Deborah Kampmeier

Deborah Kampmeier

Director, writer and producer, also editor · Born November 21, 1964 (61) · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Sundance award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Deborah Kampmeier is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and acting teacher.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 21, 1964 (61)
From
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Works as
Director, writer and producer, also editor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Deborah Kampmeier's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
4
Dread
2
Hopeful
3
Cathartic
2
Other
1

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous2

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 Deborah Kampmeier's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Deborah Kampmeier'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, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Fists of Mothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Brilliant Minds(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Harlan Coben's Shelter(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Tales of the Walking Dead(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
  • Outer Range(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • The Gilded Age(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • FBI: International(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • Clarice(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Tape(2020)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Star Trek: Picard(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Star Trek: Discovery(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Split(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Hounddog(2007)

    Director · Additional Writing · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Holy Whore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2003 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing14 of 15: 9 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thWriting5 of 15: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing3 of 15: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 15: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

15 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s10 · 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.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2004–2007.

  1. 2007
    • Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
  2. 2004
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated

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 Deborah Kampmeier's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 45. 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.

Is Deborah Kampmeier's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 51 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 51 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Deborah Kampmeier work with?

People who share at least 2 of Deborah Kampmeier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Isabelle Fuhrman shares the most, 2.

Actors