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Don Argott

Don Argott

Director, producer and cinematographer · Born September 14, 1972 (54)

Sundance award nominee

Don Argott (born September 14, 1972) is an American documentary filmmaker and musician originally from Pequannock, New Jersey, and currently residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Argott has directed the documentary films Rock School (2005), Two Days in April (2007), and The Art of the Steal (2009), and has also worked as a producer and cinematographer.  He co-owns the production company 9.14 Pictures with producer Sheena M. Joyce. Argott has worked with film score in a rock band format, releasing original music under the name Pornosonic. Pornosonic's work has been featured in numerous films, including Old School.  Argott currently plays guitar in the proto-metal band Serpent Throne along with 9.14 Pictures editor Demian Fenton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Argott, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1972 (54)
Works as
Director, producer and cinematographer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 26% in 30 days

What are Don Argott's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 6

Grounded 14 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 3

A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual 4 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Don Argott's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Don Argott's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.

  • Taylor Swift: The End of an Era(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • The Home Team: NY Jets(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Kelce(2023)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin(2023)

    Show Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Spector(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Dio: Dreamers Never Die(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Bond(2022)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Slugfest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • Keep Sweet(2021)

    Director · Producer · as Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Bill Mauldin: If It's Big, Hit It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Cat People(2021)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • Unsolved Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Framing John DeLorean(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Maybe This Year(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • 11/8/16(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • November 8th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Batman & Bill(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Believer(2018)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Slow Learners(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • As the Palaces Burn(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Atomic States of America(2012)

    Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Last Days Here(2011)

    Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • The Art of the Steal(2009)

    Director · Cinematographer · Graphic Designer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Two Days In April (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Of Darkness(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Rock School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

  • Untitled Bob Saget Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles, 22 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 23: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting22 of 23: 13 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score91stProducing6 of 23: 1 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thCinematography5 of 23: 0 only cinematography, 5 with another roleOther crew1 of 23: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

23 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Sundance award in 2012, Documentary.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Don Argott's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Don Argott work with?

People who share at least 2 of Don Argott's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sheena M. Joyce shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles