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Aaron Moorhead

Aaron Moorhead

Producer, director, cinematographer, actor, editor and writer · Born December 17, 1987 (38) · Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA

Sundance award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Aaron Scott Moorhead (born March 3, 1987) is a filmmaker, who works with his filmmaking partner Justin Benson. Alongside Benson, he has served in directing, producing, editing, and acting roles in their projects, while Moorhead is also a cinematographer and Benson is a writer. Their films primarily centre around science fiction or horror elements. The duo have also contributed to several television series within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 17, 1987 (38)
From
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Works as
Producer, director, cinematographer, actor, editor and writer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 32% in 30 days

What are Aaron Moorhead's films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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
Bonds
25%
Self
23%
Survival
22%
Morality
12%
Society
8%
Ideas
8%
Power
2%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 7 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 8

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 4

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

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 3

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 13 · Full focus 5

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 10

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Dread
11
Contemplative
8
Absurd
6
Melancholic
6
Other
11

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous12

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 Aaron Moorhead's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Aaron Moorhead'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

39 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Touch Me(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Man Finds Tape(2025)

    Producer · VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Jacques the Giant Slayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Actor

  • Descendent(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Wild Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Daredevil: Born Again(2025)

    Show 17 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Things Will Be Different(2024)

    Executive Producer · Visual Effects Supervisor · as Video Instructor November

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Pruning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Lynch/Oz(2022)

    as Host (Chapter 5: 'Judy') (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Something in the Dirt(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · as John Daniels

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Breathing Happy(2022)

    as The Golden Door (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Moon Knight(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Archive 81(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Black Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Eddie

  • Loki(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · as Clarence Anglin

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Synchronic(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • She Dies Tomorrow(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Separation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • I Blame Society(2020)

    as Detective on TV

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • After Midnight(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Rock Bottom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • The Endless(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · as Aaron Smith

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Straight Outta OZ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • All Hallows' Eve 2(2015)

    Cinematographer · Colorist · Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Contracted: Phase II(2015)

    as Less Handsome Officer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Making of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Screenplay · as Self

  • V/H/S Viral(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Screenplay · VFX Artist · Visual Effects Supervisor · as Rollerblading Marine's Buddy (segment "Bonestorm")

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Spring(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Wrecked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Resolution(2012)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · as Level 2.5 UFO Cult Member

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Through the Eye(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Walk a Mile in My Pradas(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Absentia(2011)

    Color Timer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Death of the Dead(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A.M. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer

  • A Glaring Emission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • For the Motherland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

  • Cut Your Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Ideation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles, 36 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Synchronic (2019)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Loki (2021)

Midcredits 92nd

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 38: 5 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndDirecting15 of 38: 3 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thWriting3 of 38: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing20 of 38: 10 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thCinematography13 of 38: 3 only cinematography, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdEditing10 of 38: 0 only editing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew5 of 38: 1 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score20th

38 titles, 16 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s16 · 4 acting · 15 crew2020s19 · 8 acting · 15 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 29% of 7 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2022–2023.

  1. 2023
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  2. 2022
    • Sundance 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 Aaron Moorhead's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · cinematographer

Death of the Dead (2011)

91st percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, producer

Loki (2021)

Midcredits 92nd · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. 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 Aaron Moorhead's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles46–90 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles8–57 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles37–98 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles15–66 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles44–78 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Aaron Moorhead work with?

People who share at least 2 of Aaron Moorhead's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Justin Benson shares the most, 17.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles