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Penelope Buitenhuis

Penelope Buitenhuis

Director and writer · Toronto, Canada

Penelope Buitenhuis is a Canadian director and screenwriter.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Toronto, Canada
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Penelope Buitenhuis' films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 6 · Dark 7

Grounded 12 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 6

Steady 1 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 4

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Dread
7
Melancholic
6
Thrilling
2
Bittersweet
1
Other
5

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

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 Penelope Buitenhuis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Penelope Buitenhuis' 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

29 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • House of Deadly Lies(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Secrets in the Family(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Therapy Nightmares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Am I a Serial Killer?(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Mistress Hunter(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Her Stolen Past(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Newlywed and Dead(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Client Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Honor Student(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • A Wake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Story

  • Hard Ride to Hell(2010)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Do You Know Me?(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Whispers and Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Wide Awake(2007)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Time and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The Secret of Hidden Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Past Tense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Blueprint for Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Killer Bees(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Lucky Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Dangerous Attraction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Tokyo Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Writer

  • Hope Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Giant Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Boulevard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Writer

  • Disposable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles from 1984 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing29 of 29: 25 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score26thWriting4 of 29: 0 only writing, 4 with another role

29 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s4 · crew2000s11 · crew2010s10 · 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.

How do Penelope Buitenhuis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Reviewers score the atmosphere 40/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 10 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.

Who does Penelope Buitenhuis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Penelope Buitenhuis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gilles Laplante shares the most, 5.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers