
Pouya Shahbazian is the CEO and Founder of Staircase Studios AI.
Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Pouya Shahbazian's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
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
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- 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)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Shadow and Bone(2021)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Love, Victor(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Love, Simon(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
American Honey(2016)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Divergent(2014)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Divine Rivals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Gatekeeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2014 to 2024.

Biggest box office
The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)

Highest rated
Love, Simon (2018)

Most popular right now
The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Robert SchwentkeShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Schwentke

Writers
- Adam CooperShared titles: Sleeping Dogs (2024), The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Cooper

- Bill CollageShared titles: Sleeping Dogs (2024), The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Collage

- Becky AlbertalliShared titles: Love, Victor (2020), Love, Simon (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Becky Albertalli

- Elizabeth BergerShared titles: Love, Victor (2020), Love, Simon (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Elizabeth Berger

Actors
- Ansel ElgortShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Ansel Elgort

- Miles TellerShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Miles Teller

- Shailene WoodleyShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Shailene Woodley

- Theo JamesShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Theo James

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Florian BallhausShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Florian Ballhaus

- Joseph TrapaneseShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Trapanese

- Stuart LevyShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Stuart Levy

- Nancy RichardsonShared titles: The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nancy Richardson

Producers
- Douglas WickShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Douglas Wick

- Lucy FisherShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Divergent (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Lucy Fisher

- Isaac KlausnerShared titles: Love, Victor (2020), Love, Simon (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Isaac Klausner

- Marty BowenShared titles: Love, Victor (2020), Love, Simon (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Marty Bowen

Mixed roles
- Nick RobinsonShared titles: Love, Victor (2020), Love, Simon (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Robinson

- Neil BurgerShared titles: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), Divergent (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Burger



