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Pouya Shahbazian

Pouya Shahbazian

Producer

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Pouya Shahbazian is the CEO and Founder of Staircase Studios AI.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Pouya Shahbazian's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Steady 0 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
3
Thrilling
3
Warm
2
Other
5

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

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 Pouya Shahbazian's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Pouya Shahbazian'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

10 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sleeping Dogs(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Shadow and Bone(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Love, Victor(2020)

    Show 28 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Love, Simon(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • American Honey(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Divergent(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Divine Rivals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Gatekeeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2014 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing10 of 10: 10 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

2010s5 · crew2020s3 · 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

2 major nominations and no wins, 2017.

  1. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature

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 Pouya Shahbazian's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed1

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.

Is Pouya Shahbazian's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles4–61 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles25–61 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles27–77 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles7–69 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles8–59 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Pouya Shahbazian work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pouya Shahbazian's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ansel Elgort shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles