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Don Knodel

Don Knodel

Actor and producer

An insatiable appetite to entertain and tell stories, impressions, accents, voices, singing & dancing have been a part of Don Knodel since he could walk & talk. A graduate from the University of British Columbia with a BA in Film & Television and from a background in musical theater, he was inspired to make a career out of acting and movie-making at age 6 after watching a Laurel & Hardy short and started at the age of 9 when his best friend found an old 8mm movie camera in his parents' closet. Don's first feature film, which he starred in, wrote, produced and directed, was 'Man Without A Name'. The film was awarded "Best Foreign Feature", "Grand Jury Selection for Best Actor" and nominated as "Best Indie Auteur" at the Bare Bones International Film Festival 2004. He also produced and starred in 'Embedded', which was awarded "Best Narrative Feature" at the Lighthouse International Film Festival and nominated for "Best Ensemble Cast" at the Orlando Film Festival 2012. Don has worked in the Vancouver Film Industry for over 30 years in almost every capacity from production assistant to assistant director to location manager and production manager for productions mostly from Hollywood. Through Iceberg Pictures Inc., he is developing several film projects for production.

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Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Don Knodel's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
34%
Society
27%
Self
23%
Bonds
16%

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
2
Warm
1
Melancholic
2
Tense
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

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 Don Knodel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Don Knodel'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

14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Amber's Descent(2020)

    Producer · Production Manager · as Father Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Season's Greetings(2016)

    Producer · Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Wrecker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer · Stunt Driver · as Man in Diner

  • My Boyfriends' Dogs(2014)

    as Minister

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Embedded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer · as James Parnell

  • Model Killers(2013)

    Show as Kirk Johnson

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Fairly Legal(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Kenton

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • The A-Team(2010)

    as German Doctor #2

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Supernatural(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as SS Soldier #2

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Strange Frequency 2(2002)

    Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Strange Frequency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Location Manager

  • Crackerjack(1994)

    Location Manager

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Power Play(1994)

    Location Manager

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Das Traumschiff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Priest

Career shape

Star power in the 34th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 1981 to 2020.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 13: 5 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdProducing4 of 13: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew7 of 13: 4 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score14th

13 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s2 · crew2000s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2010s6 · 5 acting · 3 crew2020s1 · 1 acting · 1 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.

Who does Don Knodel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Don Knodel's MovieCove titles; Christopher Nickel shares the most, 2.