Walter William Becker (born September 16, 1968) is an American director, writer and actor best known for directing the films Van Wilder and Wild Hogs. Becker graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television in 1995. He also wrote the novel Link in 1999. He has a son and a daughter with his wife, Lindsay. In January 2010, TBS picked up Glory Daze, a fraternity-centered comedy pilot set in the 1980s created and written by Becker and Michael LeSieur, to also be directed by Becker. All his films have received generally negative reviews by critics. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Walt Becker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 16, 1968 (58)
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Director, producer and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Walt Becker's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 8 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 6
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Ambiguous1
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 Walt Becker's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Walt Becker'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
12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Cut, Color, Murder(2022)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Clifford the Big Red Dog(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
We Are Men(2013)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Bad Samaritans(2013)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Zookeeper(2011)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all filmsThunderballs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Glory Daze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Old Dogs(2009)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Wild Hogs(2007)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Buying the Cow(2002)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Van Wilder(2002)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 2002 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Wild Hogs (2007)
Highest rated
Cut, Color, Murder (2022)
Most popular right now
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (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.
How do Walt Becker's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 29. 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 Walt Becker's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity 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 Walt Becker work with?
People who share at least 2 of Walt Becker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Ronn shares the most, 2.
Writers
- David RonnShared titles: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Zookeeper (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David Ronn
- Jay ScherickShared titles: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Zookeeper (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Scherick
Actors
- Tony HaleShared titles: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Hale
- John TravoltaShared titles: Old Dogs (2009), Wild Hogs (2007)See all 2 shared titles with John Travolta
- Ryan ReynoldsShared titles: Buying the Cow (2002), Van Wilder (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Reynolds
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- John DebneyShared titles: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Old Dogs (2009)See all 2 shared titles with John Debney
- Peter Lyons CollisterShared titles: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Lyons Collister
- Ryan FolseyShared titles: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015), Old Dogs (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Folsey
Producers
- Andrew PanayShared titles: Old Dogs (2009), Van Wilder (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Panay
- Peter AbramsShared titles: Old Dogs (2009), Van Wilder (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Abrams
- Robert L. LevyShared titles: Old Dogs (2009), Van Wilder (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Robert L. Levy
