- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 5.87
- Peak run
- 2017’22
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 1,000+ votes
Doug by the numbers
Average
5.87
18 rated films
Vote weighted
5.91
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.95
rating spread
Career
16y
2010 to 2025
Total votes
720K
across every film
Best
7.3
The Edge of Seventeen
Worst
3.9
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Swiped | 6.5 | 9,478 |
| 2024 |  The American Society of Magical Negroes | 3.9 | 13,366 |
| 2022 |  Breaking | 6.3 | 10,777 |
| 2020 |  I Care a Lot | 6.4 | 161K |
| 2020 |  Unpregnant | 6.5 | 11,400 |
| 2018 | Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | · | 303 |
| 2018 |  Sorry to Bother You | 6.9 | 95,912 |
| 2017 | Thumper | 5.8 | 3,120 |
| 2017 | We Don't Belong Here | 4.9 | 1,584 |
| 2016 |  The Edge of Seventeen | 7.3 | 154K |
| 2014 | Alex of Venice | 5.8 | 3,556 |
| 2014 |  The Remaining | 4.3 | 10,056 |
| 2014 |  The One I Love | 7.0 | 48,168 |
| 2013 |  The To-Do List | 5.8 | 44,750 |
| 2012 | Refuge | · | 616 |
| 2012 |  28 Hotel Rooms | 5.7 | 3,906 |
| 2012 |  Paranormal Activity 4 | 4.7 | 74,958 |
| 2012 |  Bachelorette | 5.3 | 50,595 |
| 2012 |  The Giant Mechanical Man | 6.7 | 11,297 |
| 2011 |  Damsels in Distress | 5.8 | 10,264 |
Better together?
Doug Emmett's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Dana Adam Shapiro and Doug Emmett movies · Rachel Lee Goldenberg and Doug Emmett movies
Takes
On Doug Emmett
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