David Wellington is a Canadian film and television writer, director and producer, best known for directing the feature films "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "I Love a Man in Uniform". He's a graduate from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1963 (63)
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Director and writer
- 15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are David Wellington's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical1
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 Wellington's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- The Kids in the Hall (1988) · director · free
- Rookie Blue (2010) · director · free
- Mary Kills People (2017) · director · free
- Saving Hope (2012) · director · free
- Knightfall (2017) · director · free
- Taken (2017) · director · free
- A Touch of Murder (1990) · director, writer · free
- Zombie Nightmare (1987) · writer, editor · free
Subscription and free streaming for David Wellington'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
23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Spencer Sisters(2023)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Knightfall(2017)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Taken(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Mary Kills People(2017)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Orphan Black(2013)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Vikings(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Saving Hope(2012)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Rookie Blue(2010)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Murder on Her Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Would Be Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Would Be Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
2004: The Stupid Version (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Eleventh Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Queer as Folk(2000)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Restless Spirits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
A Man in Uniform(1993)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
A Touch of Murder(1990)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Kids in the Hall(1988)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Carpenter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Zombie Nightmare(1987)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 23 titles from 1987 to 2024.
Highest rated
The Kids in the Hall (1988)
Most popular right now
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (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 David Wellington's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 56/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 3 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 David Wellington work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Wellington's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ron Sures shares the most, 3.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ron SuresShared titles: Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000), A Man in Uniform (1993), A Touch of Murder (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Sures
- David FrancoShared titles: A Man in Uniform (1993), A Touch of Murder (1990), Zombie Nightmare (1987)See all 3 shared titles with David Franco
- Susan ShiptonShared titles: Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000), A Man in Uniform (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Susan Shipton