Shauna Cross
Shauna Cross is the author of Derby Girl, named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Young Adults, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. It is now a major motion picture, Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore. Cross is a screenwriter and a member of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls roller derby league. She skates under the name “Maggie Mayhem.” She grew up in Austin, Texas, and now lives in Los Angeles.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer
- 5 on MovieCove
What are Shauna Cross' 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 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
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 Shauna Cross' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Shauna Cross' 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
5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Bad Santa 2(2016)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
If I Stay(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Whip It(2009)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Taking 5(2007)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 2007 to 2016.
Biggest box office
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
Highest rated
Whip It (2009)
Most popular right now
If I Stay (2014)
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 Shauna Cross' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Shauna Cross' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Shauna Cross work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shauna Cross' MovieCove titles; David Thwaites shares the most, 2.
- David ThwaitesShared titles: Bad Santa 2 (2016), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)See all 2 shared titles with David Thwaites
