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Dan Ireland

Dan Ireland

Producer and director, also writer · Born May 11, 1958 (68) · Vancouver, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dan Ireland is a film director, producer and co-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Ireland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 11, 1958 (68)
From
Vancouver, Canada
Works as
Producer and director, also writer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 11% in 30 days

What are Dan Ireland's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 7

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 6

Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 5

Steady 5 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Casual 7 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 7

A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
11
Absurd
5
Dread
4
Romantic
3
Other
8

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

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 Dan Ireland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Ireland'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

21 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Hate from a Distance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer

  • Jolene(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Living Proof(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont(2005)

    Director · Dialogue

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Passionada(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Ivans xtc.(2000)

    as Ted Zimblest

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • The Velocity of Gary(1998)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • The Whole Wide World(1996)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Crew(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Spies, Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Mad at the Moon(1992)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Whore(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Twister(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Rainbow(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • The Lair of the White Worm(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Paperhouse(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Waxwork(1988)

    Executive Producer · as Zombie #1

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Midnight Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Executive Producer

  • Salome's Last Dance(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • The Unholy(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1988 to 2014.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 18: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting7 of 18: 3 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stWriting1 of 18: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing13 of 18: 9 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score49th

18 titles, 5 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s7 · 1 acting · 7 crew1990s5 · crew2000s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew2010s2 · 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.

How do Dan Ireland's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 36/100 in their films, across 17 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.

Is Dan Ireland's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 77 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles25–68 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 68 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 33

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 Dan Ireland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Ireland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William J. Quigley shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles