Dave Swuz

Editor and producer

Dave Swuz has been working in television for over 20 years, working with CBS, FOX, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Bravo, History Channel, and many many more. He is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and a Telly Award Winning Producer. Originally from Illinois, Dave attended Griffin High School in Springfield, and earned a Bachelors Degree from Illinois State University.

What are Dave Swuz's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

30%

Society

26%

Self

23%

Ideas

9%

Bonds

7%

Power

3%

Morality

2%

Survival8 Ambition6 Community8 Nature2 Tradition vs change3 Legacy2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

9

Thrilling

9

Hopeful

8

Joyful

5

Warm

5

Other

4

How their films linger

Fun9 Feel-good5 Thought-provoking4 Hopeful5 Rousing4 Unsettling2

How their films end

Happy2
Bittersweet4
Ambiguous6
Cyclical4

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 Dave Swuz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on discovery+ (9).

Also on these channels

HISTORY Vault2 titles, show their 2 titles on HISTORY Vault
ViX1 title, show their title on ViX

Subscription and free streaming for Dave Swuz'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

16 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

Flavortown Food Fight(2026)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Naked and Afraid: Apocalypse(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
24 in 24: Last Chef Standing(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Naked and Afraid: Castaways(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Naked and Afraid: Solo(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Alex Vs. America(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Big Bad Budget Battle(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Guy's Ultimate Game Night(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Swamp People: Serpent Invasion(2020)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
The Last Cowboy(2019)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
The Strongest Man in History(2019)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Food Truck Nation(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry(2018)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Hunted(2017)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Shot in the Dark(2017)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 16 MovieCove titles from 2017 to 2026.

Highest rated

Shot in the Dark (2017)

Midcredits 85^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing2 of 16Editing14 of 16 · 44^th

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s9 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Dave Swuz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dave Swuz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Igor Borovac shares the most, 4.