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Xavier Grobet

Career

Active from 1987 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Deadwood
Deadwood
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Xavier Grobet Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Nostalgia
    3.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Comfort Watch 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Contemporary Realism 3
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Based on True Events 2
  • Female Protagonist 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Atmospheric Tension 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Honeymoon with Harry
Honeymoon with Harry

Director of Photography

2020s

2 titles · average score 54
Riff Raff
Riff Raff (2025)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Bering, Family Reunion
Bering, Family Reunion (2022)

Cinematography

2010s

9 titles · average score 62
All We Are
All We Are (2018)

Director of Photography

Brad's Status
Brad's Status (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Xavier

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

Looking: The Movie
Looking: The Movie (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Focus
Focus (2015)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Enough Said
Enough Said (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

What to Expect When You're Expecting
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

Director of Photography

I Love You Phillip Morris
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

The Back-Up Plan
The Back-Up Plan (2010)
GoodWatch score 39

Director of Photography

2000s

16 titles · average score 62
Mother and Child
Mother and Child (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

City of Ember
City of Ember (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Monster House
Monster House (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Nacho Libre
Nacho Libre (2006)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2005)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

The Woodsman
The Woodsman (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Chasing Papi
Chasing Papi (2003)
GoodWatch score 36

Director of Photography

A Painted House
A Painted House (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

1990s

11 titles · average score 63
Sex, Shame & Tears
Sex, Shame & Tears (1999)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Little Saints
Little Saints (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Esmeralda Comes by Night
Esmeralda Comes by Night (1997)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Love Always
Love Always (1997)

Director of Photography

The Passion of Iztapalapa
The Passion of Iztapalapa (1995)

Director of Photography

Loving Ghosts
Loving Ghosts (1994)

Director of Photography

Married Life
Married Life (1993)

Director of Photography

Tres son peor que una
Tres son peor que una (1992)

Director of Photography

Benjamín's Wife
Benjamín's Wife (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography, Cinematography

Amor y venganza
Amor y venganza (1991)

Director of Photography

Total Recall
Total Recall (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

First Assistant Camera

1980s

4 titles · average score 60
Going Down in Morocco
Going Down in Morocco (1989)
GoodWatch score 60

as Chaval 2 (as Javier Pérez)

Entrada de la noche
Entrada de la noche (1989)

Director of Photography

In Fact, There is not Future
In Fact, There is not Future (1988)

Director of Photography

Chapultepec
Chapultepec (1987)

Editor, Director