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Dan Reed

Dan Reed

Director, producer, writer and cinematographer, also actor · Born December 1, 1964 (61) · UK

Primetime Emmy winner · 4 BAFTA Awards · 1 other major award body

Dan Reed is a British film director whose film, In the Shadow of 9/11, about the Liberty City Seven, aired on Frontline on PBS. Reed is widely known for the controversial, critically acclaimed documentary Leaving Neverland for which he won an Emmy and a BAFTA . His production house is Amos Pictures.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 1, 1964 (61)
From
UK
Works as
Director, producer, writer and cinematographer, also actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 46% in 30 days

What are Dan Reed's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Survival
27%
Power
11%
Self
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
5%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 9

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

Grounded 10 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 8

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

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

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

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Dread
5
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
3
Cold
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous7

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 Dan Reed's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Reed'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

40 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • One Day in Southport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer

  • Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson(2025)

    Director · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • One Day in October (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Stopping the Steal(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Truth vs. Alex Jones(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • I Am Andrew Tate(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Escape from Kabul(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Four Hours at the Capitol(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of 9/11(2021)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Leaving Neverland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Cinematographer · Producer

  • 4 Men, 175 Babies: Britain's Super Sperm Donors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Manchester: The Night of the Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • 3 Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Narrator

  • Frontline Fighting: Battling Isis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • From Russia with Cash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • High Class Call Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

  • The Paedophile Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Terror at the Mall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer

  • Legally High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · as self

  • Children of the Tsunami(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Ground Zero Mosque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Spécial Investigation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Bible: A History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Terror in Mumbai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • City of Vice(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Closure(2007)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Surviving Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Terror in Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Shooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Modern Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Dispatches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Frontline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Producer

  • Leaving Neverland 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · as Self

Career shape

A full career of 40 titles, 39 of them dated from 1983 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Closure (2007)

$381K worldwide

Highest rated

Escape from Kabul (2022)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 40: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting34 of 40: 17 only directing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndWriting7 of 40: 0 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing18 of 40: 6 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thCinematography5 of 40: 0 only cinematography, 5 with another role

40 titles, 17 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew2020s10 · 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

a Primetime Emmy, 4 BAFTA Awards and 1 other major award from 17 major nominations, 2000–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Documentary
  2. 2024
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Documentary
  3. 2023
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Documentary
  4. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Current Affairs
  5. 2020
    • BAFTA Award, won · Factual Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  6. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
  7. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Current Affairs
  8. 2015
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Single Documentary
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Current Affairs
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2011
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Director Factual
  2. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Current Affairs
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director Factual
  3. 2004
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Current Affairs
  4. 2000
    • BAFTA Award, nominated

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 Dan Reed's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director, writer, producer

Children of the Tsunami (2012)

97th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Poirot (1989)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 8 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.

Who does Dan Reed work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Reed's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marguerite Gaudin shares the most, 6.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers