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Portrait of Carl Bessai

Directing

Carl Bessai

Titles
31movies1TV show
Career

Active from 1999 to 2025, busiest in 2010 and 2014 with 3 main titles each.

Directed
27
titles as director
Average score
GoodWatch score47/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cole
Cole
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Carl Bessai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Nostalgia
    2.0, average 3.7
  • Politics
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Dysfunctional Family 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
RoleAnyDirecting26Writing12Production9Camera6Acting3Other crew3Editing1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1990s22000s102010s122020s5Upcoming2
GenreAnyDrama22Comedy9Thriller4Crime4Action3Romance3Documentary2TV Movie2Horror2Mystery2Science Fiction2Family1War1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

Upcoming

2 titles
Influence

Director

T.U.R.D

as Quarrell McHumphrey

2020s

5 titles
Field Sketches

Director, Writer

WAR TIMES

Production Supervisor

2010s

12 titles · average score 37
The Lears

Writer, Director

Rehearsal

Producer, Director

GoodWatch43
No Clue

Director, Co-Producer

Bad City

Director, Director of Photography

GoodWatch34
Repeaters

Director, Director of Photography

Fathers & Sons

Cinematography, Producer

Fathers and Sons

Writer, Director

2000s

10 titles · average score 53
Mothers & Daughters

as Documentary Filmmaker

GoodWatch53
Normal

Director of Photography, Producer

GoodWatch39
Severed

Author, Director

Floored by Love

Director of Photography

GoodWatch51
Emile

Director of Photography, Director

1990s

2 titles
Johnny

Writer, Director