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Sami Khan

Sami Khan

Director and producer, also writer

Oscar nominee

Sami Khan is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work in fiction and documentary has been supported by the Sundance and Tribeca Film Institutes, Rooftop Films, the Gotham, and the NBC/Universal Directors Fellowship. His films have been screened at leading festivals including Tribeca, Toronto, Hot Docs, and Mumbai. He directed the short documentary St. Louis Superman (with Smriti Mundhra) about Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist turned politician. The doc was nominated for an Academy Award in 2020 and won prizes at Tribeca and Hot Docs. The film was acquired by MTV Documentary Films. His first feature documentary the Last Out (with Michael Gassert) won a Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival and nabbed an Emmy. The film tells the harrowing tale of three Cuban baseball players and their dangerous journeys to the United States. The Hollywood Reporter called the Last Out "a powerful true story of athletics and exile." Sami's next film is being produced by Vespucci (2nd Chance) and Will Arnett's Electric Ave. The Untitled documentary, which tells the story of an infamous sports broadcaster turned bank robber, will be released on one of the major streaming companies in 2024.

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Works as
Director and producer, also writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Sami Khan's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
34%
Self
31%
Ideas
20%
Bonds
11%
Survival
3%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
4
Contemplative
3
Warm
3
Melancholic
2
Thrilling
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Sami Khan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Sami Khan'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

9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Made for March(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • We The North: From Prehistoric to Historic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Omnivore(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Starting 5(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • The Last Out(2020)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Home(2020)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • St. Louis Superman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

  • Khoya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Captcha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Art Direction

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2014 to 2025.

Highest rated

Home (2020)

Midcredits 73rd

Most popular right now

Omnivore (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 6: 3 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 6: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography1 of 6: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 6: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

Nominated for an Oscar in 2020, Best Documentary Short Subject.

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.

Who does Sami Khan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sami Khan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Collin Orcutt shares the most, 3.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers