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Sacha Polak

Sacha Polak

Director and writer · Born July 29, 1982 (44) · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Born
July 29, 1982 (44)
From
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 47% in 30 days

What are Sacha Polak's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
37%
Survival
31%
Bonds
19%
Morality
13%

What they feel like to watch

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

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Tense
3
Bittersweet
1
Contemplative
1
Cathartic
1

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 Sacha Polak's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Sacha Polak'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

12 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Doll Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Silver Haze(2023)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Dirty God(2019)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Hanna(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Zurich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • New Boobs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Snackbar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Script Supervisor

  • Heaven(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Onder de tafel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • El mourabbi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The Discomfort of Evening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2007 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing11 of 12: 9 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 12: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 12: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 12: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Sacha Polak's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 3 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.

Who does Sacha Polak work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sacha Polak's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bluey Robinson shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers