David Burrows, ACE is a feature animation editor known for "The Lego Batman Movie", "Ron's Gone Wrong" and "The Lego Movie" for which he won the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Animation) with co-editor Chris McKay in 2015. His other editing credits include Zack Snyder's 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole', and David Scott's animated sci-fi family comedy "LEGO Star Wars : The Padawan Menace" He has also worked as an Assistant Editor on movies including Happy Feet, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet American and The Avengers.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor and actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Known for
What are David Burrows' films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 3
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
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 David Burrows' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for David Burrows' 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
11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Kipps - The New Half a Sixpence Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Ron's Gone Wrong(2021)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Lego Batman Movie(2017)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Lego Movie(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Polar Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Happy Feet(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Daredevil(2003)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Avengers(1998)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 76th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 1998 to 2021.

Biggest box office
The Lego Movie (2014)

Highest rated
The Lego Movie (2014)

Most popular right now
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Film career
- 2014Screen debut· The Lego Movie
How do David Burrows' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 David Burrows' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter 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 David Burrows work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Burrows' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zareh Nalbandian shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Dan HagemanShared titles: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Hageman

- Jared SternShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jared Stern

- John WhittingtonShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)See all 2 shared titles with John Whittington

- Kevin HagemanShared titles: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Hageman

Actors
- Zach GalifianakisShared titles: Ron's Gone Wrong (2021), The Lego Batman Movie (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Zach Galifianakis

- Will ArnettShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Will Arnett

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- David ScottShared titles: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)See all 2 shared titles with David Scott

- John VenzonShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)See all 2 shared titles with John Venzon

- Mark MothersbaughShared titles: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Mothersbaugh

Producers
- Zareh NalbandianShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Zareh Nalbandian
- Dan LinShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Lin

- Jill WilfertShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Jill Wilfert
- John Powers MiddletonShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 3 shared titles with John Powers Middleton

Mixed roles
- Chris McKayShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), The Lego Movie (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Chris McKay

- Seth Grahame-SmithShared titles: The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Grahame-Smith


