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Portrait of Michael Oblowitz

Directing

Michael Oblowitz

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with a break from 1984 to 1996, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score36/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sea of Darkness
Sea of Darkness
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Oblowitz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Bleak 2
  • Action Thriller 2
  • Fast-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 16
Sinatra! Eternity
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)

Director

Confidential Informant
Confidential Informant (2023)
GoodWatch score 16

Producer, Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 42
Frank and Ava
Frank and Ava (2018)
GoodWatch score 31

Director, Director of Photography

Heavy Water
Heavy Water (2015)

Writer, Director

The Ganzfeld Haunting
The Ganzfeld Haunting (2014)
GoodWatch score 29

Director, Music

Sea of Darkness
Sea of Darkness (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

The Traveler
The Traveler (2010)
GoodWatch score 37

Director

2000s

5 titles · average score 32
Hammerhead
Hammerhead (2005)
GoodWatch score 32

Director

The Foreigner
The Foreigner (2003)
GoodWatch score 17

Director

Out for a Kill
Out for a Kill (2003)
GoodWatch score 33

Director

The Breed
The Breed (2001)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

On the Borderline
On the Borderline (2001)
GoodWatch score 35

Producer, Director

1990s

1 title · average score 44
This World, Then the Fireworks
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

1980s

5 titles · average score 64
The Golden Bowl, or Repression
The Golden Bowl, or Repression (1988)

Cinematography

King Blank
King Blank (1983)

Director, Writer

Born in Flames
Born in Flames (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

Camera Operator

Cinématon XXV
Cinématon XXV (1982)

as N°243

Too Sensitive to Touch
Too Sensitive to Touch (1981)

Director

1970s

8 titles
Tally Brown, New York
Tally Brown, New York (1979)

Director of Photography

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)

Cinematography

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)

Camera Operator

Minus Zero
Minus Zero (1979)

Writer, Director

Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights (1979)

Cinematography

Altered to Suit
Altered to Suit (1979)

Cinematography

Table Conversation
Table Conversation (1978)

Director

X-Terminator
X-Terminator (1977)

Director, Director of Photography