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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Writer and producer, also actor · Lexington, Ohio, USA

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (né Johnson) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. He has written the screenplays for the films Orphan (2009), Wrath of the Titans (2012), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and its sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), and the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Lexington, Ohio, USA
Works as
Writer and producer, also actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 7

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 9

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 3

Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Dread
7
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
3
Hopeful
3
Other
7

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1

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 Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (7).

Subscription and free streaming for David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick'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

20 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Insidious: Out of the Further(2026)

    Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Conjuring: Last Rites(2025)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom(2023)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Orphan: First Kill(2022)

    Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Till Death(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Aquaman(2018)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Conjuring 2(2016)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Mob City(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
  • Wrath of the Titans(2012)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Red Riding Hood(2011)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Red Riding Hood: The Tale Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer

  • The Walking Dead(2010)

    Show 32 episodes · Consulting Producer · Writer · as Radio Newscaster

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Orphan(2009)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Camera Operator

  • The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Dead by Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

  • Mice and Mystics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Orphans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Call of Cthulhu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles, 16 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 20: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleWriting15 of 20: 11 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stProducing7 of 20: 3 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thOther crew2 of 20: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

20 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s7 · 1 acting · 7 crew2020s6 · 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.

How do David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the dialogue 38/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 11 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 David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles56–86 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles13–44 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles27–65 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles20–39 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles50–89 · median 68 · intenseheavier 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 David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Wan shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers