Directing

Matthew Heineman

Best rated: City of Ghosts (7.4)

Films: 8
Avg rating: 7.10
Peak run: 2015’22
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 8
Avg rating: 7.10
Peak run: 2015’22
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

Matthew Heineman, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20128 films2023

Current formLast 5: 7.06 vs career 7.10 (−0.04)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Matthew by the numbers

Average

7.10

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.09

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±0.29

rating spread

Career

12y

2012 to 2023

Total votes

54.8K

across every film

Best

7.4

City of Ghosts

Worst

6.7

A Private War

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2023	American Symphony	6.8	4,547
2022	Retrograde	7.3	1,186
2021	The First Wave	7.1	1,241
2020	The Boy from Medellín	·	722
2018	A Private War	6.7	22,842
2017	City of Ghosts	7.4	4,460
2015	Cartel Land	7.3	19,244
2012	Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare	·	581

Better together?

Matthew Heineman's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Matthew Heineman

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2016
Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
Nominated

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