Portrait of Michael Nankin

Directing

Michael Nankin

Career

Active from 1976 to 2025, busiest in 2011 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Nankin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Found Family Dynamics 5
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Intense Suspense 3
  • High Stakes 3
  • Slow-Burn Suspense 2
  • Fast-Paced Narrative 2
  • Serial Killer Mystery 2
  • Power Struggle 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Procedural Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

10
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 60
An Amish Sin
An Amish Sin (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

2010s

1 title · average score 42
Red Faction: Origins
Red Faction: Origins (2011)
GoodWatch score 42

Director

2000s

1 title
Break-In
Break-In (2006)

Director

1990s

1 title · average score 43
Gate II
Gate II (1990)
GoodWatch score 43

Writer, Characters

1980s

3 titles · average score 41
The Gate
The Gate (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Russkies
Russkies (1987)
GoodWatch score 32

Screenplay

Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness (1980)
GoodWatch score 37

Director, Writer

1970s

2 titles
Junior High School
Junior High School (1978)

Director, Writer

Gravity
Gravity (1976)

Director