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Travis Zariwny

Travis Zariwny

Director, writer and actor

Travis Nicholas Zariwny is an American filmmaker and production designer known for his work in independent horror and genre cinema. He has built a long career in the art department, contributing to films such as The Cooler, Midnight in the Switchgrass, and Supercell. Alongside his design work, Zariwny writes and directs his own projects, including Cabin Fever, The Midnight Man, and Rot Log. His work often focuses on low-budget and experimental horror, and he frequently takes on multiple roles in production, including writing, directing, and editing.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, writer and actor
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Travis Zariwny's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
55%
Morality
14%
Self
12%
Society
11%
Power
7%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

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

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
3
Thrilling
1
Cold
1

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Travis Zariwny's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Travis Zariwny'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

42 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page.

  • Rot Log (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Alarum(2025)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Armor(2024)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • A Most Wicked Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Robots(2023)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Phone 3358-B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Writer · as Nikola Darkin

  • Supercell(2023)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Savage Salvation(2022)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Hot Seat(2022)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Aftermath(2021)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Midnight in the Switchgrass(2021)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Lensface (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Self

  • Con Man(2018)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Midnight Man(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Intruder(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Cabin Fever(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • World of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Digging Up the Marrow(2014)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Dark Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Production Design

  • Authors Anonymous(2014)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Scavengers(2013)

    Director · Camera Operator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Kill Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Production Design

  • For the Love of Money(2012)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Bad Ass(2012)

    Set Decoration

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Chillerama(2011)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Bright Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · Production Design

  • According to Greta(2009)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Little Fish, Strange Pond(2009)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Shadowheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Production Design

  • Green Street Hooligans 2(2009)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Wake(2009)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Fall of Hyperion(2008)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Ice Spiders(2007)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Spiral(2007)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Trapped!(2006)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon(2006)

    Production Design · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist · as Dr. Meuller

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Long Lost Son(2006)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Honeymoon with Mom(2006)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Hazing(2004)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Cooler(2003)

    Set Dresser

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Artie(2000)

    Set Designer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Witch Den (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 2000 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Midnight Man (2016)

$2.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Midcredits 71st

Most popular right now

The Midnight Man (2016)

Film career

  • 2006Screen debut· Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 42: 0 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting10 of 42: 3 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting7 of 42: 0 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing1 of 42: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 42: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 42: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew33 of 42: 31 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score12th

42 titles, 8 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew2010s14 · crew2020s12 · 2 acting · 12 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 Travis Zariwny's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 11th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 5th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

5thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

3rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 32 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned4
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · director, writer

Scavengers (2013)

75th percentile spread · 75% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Midcredits 71st · 63% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 47/100 and the pacing 22/100 in their films, across 5 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.

Is Travis Zariwny's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 90 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Travis Zariwny work with?

People who share at least 2 of Travis Zariwny's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Louise Linton shares the most, 4.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers