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Thomas Burstyn

Career

Active from 1976 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Descendants
Descendants
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Thomas Burstyn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Satire & Parody
    1.4, average 2.3
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 8
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Psychological Horror 3
  • Historical Adventure 3
  • Action Thriller 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Feel-Good Movie 3
  • Courtroom Tension 2
  • Social Justice 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • B-Movie 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 41
Holy Days
Holy Days (2026)
GoodWatch score 41

Director of Photography

2010s

6 titles · average score 60
Descendants
Descendants (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Some Kind of Love
Some Kind of Love (2015)

Director

Girl vs. Monster
Girl vs. Monster (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Avalon High
Avalon High (2011)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Riverworld
Riverworld (2010)
GoodWatch score 41

Director of Photography

This Way of Life
This Way of Life (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

2000s

17 titles · average score 51
Vipers
Vipers (2008)
GoodWatch score 30

Director of Photography

Marco Polo
Marco Polo (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Population 436
Population 436 (2006)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

Final Days of Planet Earth
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
GoodWatch score 36

Director of Photography

Going to the Mat
Going to the Mat (2004)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Full-Court Miracle
Full-Court Miracle (2003)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Kart Racer
Kart Racer (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

Director of Photography

Spooky House
Spooky House (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Where the Money Is
Where the Money Is (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

First Target
First Target (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

Director of Photography

Race Against Time
Race Against Time (2000)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

1990s

21 titles · average score 57
When Trumpets Fade
When Trumpets Fade (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

A Marriage of Convenience
A Marriage of Convenience (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

City of Industry
City of Industry (1997)
GoodWatch score 47

Director of Photography

Dead Silence
Dead Silence (1997)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse (1996)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Magic in the Water
Magic in the Water (1995)
GoodWatch score 38

Director of Photography

The Surgeon
The Surgeon (1995)
GoodWatch score 39

Director of Photography

Andre
Andre (1994)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

Arctic Blue
Arctic Blue (1993)
GoodWatch score 37

Director of Photography

Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers (1991)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

1980s

9 titles · average score 52
Cold Front
Cold Front (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

Director of Photography

The Edge
The Edge (1989)

Director of Photography

Question of Faith
Question of Faith (1988)

Director of Photography

Promised a Miracle
Promised a Miracle (1988)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Foxfire
Foxfire (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Native Son
Native Son (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong (1986)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies (1984)
GoodWatch score 35

Director of Photography

The Lost Tribe
The Lost Tribe (1983)

Director of Photography

1970s

1 title
If Brains Were Dynamite, You Wouldn't Have Enough to Blow Your Nose
If Brains Were Dynamite, You Wouldn't Have Enough to Blow Your Nose (1976)

Director