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Kirk D'Amico

Kirk D'Amico

Producer, also director

Primetime Emmy nominee

Kirk D'Amico is the President of Myriad Pictures, an international production and global licensing company that develops feature films and television content such as KINSEY, THE GOOD GIRL, MARGIN CALL, and THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY. In addition to producing and executive producing over 60 films, D'Amico is one of the industry's leading experts on international film distribution and is the co-founder of Photon Films. Photon is a thriving independent film distributor in Canada, currently releasing the Academy Award©-nominated SOUND OF METAL, starring Riz Ahmed. Kirk D'Amico also directed HOLIDAY JOY (2016), written by Holly Goldberg Sloan and starring Bailee Madison, French Stewart, and Jennifer Robertson, for Freeform in the U.S. D'Amico's additional experience includes positions such as Executive Vice President, Village Roadshow Pictures (1996-1998), and Vice President International, The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1994-1996). He received a B.A in Political Science and Philosophy from College of the Holy Cross, and a J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia. Kirk D'Amico is an active BAFTA member. He also was previously Vice Chairman of the Board for the International Film and Television Alliance (IFTA). He is also a Lifetime Member of the Sierra Club.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer, also director
Titles
63 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 9% in 30 days

What are Kirk D'Amico's films like?

Across their 59 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Drama23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
22%
Survival
21%
Bonds
20%
Morality
17%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 59 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 11 · Dark 34

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 42 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 29 · Intense 21

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 25 · Shifting 32 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 41 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 27 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 20 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 7

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 24

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 28 · Open-ended 26 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
39
Melancholic
33
Dread
22
Contemplative
12
Hopeful
11
Other
43

How their films linger

Bittersweet26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet30
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous17

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 Kirk D'Amico's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 48 of their 63 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (34).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kirk D'Amico'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

68 credits, 63 with a MovieCove page.

  • How We Stand(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Once Upon a Time in a Cinema(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Legends of the Lost Ark(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • American Sweatshop(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Bob Trevino Likes It(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • In the Lost Lands(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • DRAGN(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Die Alone(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Simulant(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Boy in the Woods(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dead for a Dollar(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Lost Girls(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Never Too Late(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Above the Shadows(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • American Hangman(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Paper Year(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Jeepers Creepers III(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Word(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Drone(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Heartbeats(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Holiday Joy(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Queen of Spain(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Careful What You Wish For(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • After the Ball(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The World Made Straight(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Barney Thomson(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Electric Slide(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • No Clue(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Mountain Men(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Three Night Stand(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • October Gale(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • All the Wrong Reasons(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Breaking the Girls(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Inescapable(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Cup(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Margin Call(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Citizen Gangster(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sisters & Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer

  • Good Neighbours(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Con Artist(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Cry of the Owl(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Not Forgotten(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Van Wilder: Freshman Year(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Dark Matter(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Mother of Tears(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Death Defying Acts(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Comeback Season(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Little Fish(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The River King(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Piccadilly Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Eulogy(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Trauma(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Kinsey(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Imagining Argentina(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Jeepers Creepers 2(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Good Girl(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Van Wilder(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • People I Know(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Tangled(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Sarafina!(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Producer

  • Storm Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Unify (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 51 titles, 49 of them dated from 1990 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

$63M worldwide

Highest rated

Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 51: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing50 of 51: 50 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score37th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s15 · crew2010s20 · crew2020s12 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1988, Outstanding Informational Special.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Kirk D'Amico's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 63; across their 59 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Midcredits score across 63 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th26
  • Below 25th20

Shape of the crowd

40 of their 63 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed40

Most divisive · producer

Legends of the Lost Ark (2026)

97th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 55 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 Kirk D'Amico's work okay for kids?

Across up to 27 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore15 titles36–88 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity27 titles5–64 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles33–76 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles11–52 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles28–80 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Kirk D'Amico work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kirk D'Amico's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin D. Forester shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers