Daria Ellerman
Daria Ellerman, C.C.E. is a picture editor with over 25 years experience working in television series, MOWs and feature films. After receiving a bachelor of arts from The University of British Columbia in Film and Television Studies, she was awarded one of the first apprenticeship awards from the Canadian Academy of Film and Television. Recent credits include the series "Virgin River", "Sweet Magnolias" and "Malibu Rescue" for Netflix, "Take Two" for ABC; the feature "Meditation Park" directed by Mina Shum and the feature "Birdwatcher" directed by Siobhan Devine. She also has edited hundreds of hours of television series including sitcoms "Mr. Young", "Some Assembly Required" and "The Stanley Dynamic"; one hour series "ICE", "Cedar Cove", "Shattered", "Samurai Girl", "Jpod", "The Dead Zone", "Stargate", "The Outer Limits", "The Chris Isaak Show", "The Collector" and "Blood Ties" and half hour comedy series "Exes and Ohs" and "Noah's Arc". MOWs include "Harvest Love", "Britney Ever After", "Christmas on Chestnut Street" and "The Building". She has been nominated as picture editor for 10 Leo Awards, a DGC award, the Southhampton International Film Festival and a Gemini Award. She won 2 Leo Awards in 2020 for her work on "Virgin River" and "Malibu Rescue" and in 2005 for her work on the television series, "The Collector". Daria is a founding member of the Canadian Cinema Editors. Volunteer work includes jurying for the Geminis and working for the Vancouver International Film Festival. She was a mentor editor for the 2008 and 2009 Women in the Director Chair at the Banff Centre.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor
- 16 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Daria Ellerman's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 6 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
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 Daria Ellerman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Daria Ellerman'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
17 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
My Secret Santa(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Wild Cards(2024)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Virgin River(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Malibu Rescue(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Harvest Love(2017)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Meditation Park(2017)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Britney Ever After(2017)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Birdwatcher(2015)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Cedar Cove(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
The Building(2009)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
jPod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Samurai Girl(2008)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Afghan Knights(2007)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Noah's Arc(2005)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1996 to 2025.
Biggest box office
My Secret Santa (2025)
Highest rated
Meditation Park (2017)
Most popular right now
Wild Cards (2024)
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 Daria Ellerman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 27. 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 Daria Ellerman's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Daria Ellerman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Daria Ellerman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mina Shum shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Mina ShumShared titles: Meditation Park (2017), Noah's Arc (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Mina Shum
Producers
- Chris RudolphShared titles: Wild Cards (2024), Afghan Knights (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Rudolph
- Harvey KahnShared titles: Britney Ever After (2017), Harvest Love (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Kahn
- Jack NasserShared titles: The Building (2009), Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Nasser
- Tara Cowell-PlainShared titles: The Building (2009), Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Tara Cowell-Plain