Donnie Eichar

Producer, actor, director and writer

Donnie Eichar is an American film producer, writer, director and author. His book Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident is a New York Times/Wall Street Journal best-seller and has been translated into seven languages. Eichar served as co-director and co-executive producer on the groundbreaking true crime documentary series "Killing Fields" with Tom Fontana and Berry Levinson and showrunner/executive producer/director on "People Magazine Investigates," "The Case Of: Caylee Anthony" and "Soaked in Bleach." He's represented by WME.

What are Donnie Eichar's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

32%

Survival

29%

Self

10%

Society

10%

Bonds

10%

Ideas

6%

Power

2%

Justice5 Grief4 Community2 Trauma2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

5

Dread

5

Melancholic

4

Contemplative

2

Hopeful

2

Other

5

How their films linger

Unsettling5 Hopeful3 Thought-provoking3 Fun2 Haunting2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet3
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 Donnie Eichar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).

Also on these channels

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Subscription and free streaming for Donnie Eichar'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, 9 with a MovieCove page.

The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder(2025)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?(2024)
Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
The Real Murders on Elm Street(2024)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
The People vs the Klan(2021)
Show 4 episodes · Director · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Unsolved Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 9 episodes · Director
The Case of: Caylee Anthony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer
Killing Fields(2016)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Soaked in Bleach(2015)
Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Buried Life(2010)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Final Stab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Wallace
The Brotherhood(2001)
as Mikhail
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Drew Carey Show(1995)
Show 1 episode · as Jared
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows