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David W. Zucker

David W. Zucker

Producer

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

David W. Zucker is an American producer and executive producer for film and television projects.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 41 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 157 days to Oct 28Down 32% in 30 days

What are David W. Zucker's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Self
24%
Survival
19%
Ideas
12%
Bonds
9%
Power
7%
Society
3%
Truth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 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 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

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

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · 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 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Contemplative
9
Melancholic
4
Dread
4
Bittersweet
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Unsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2
  • 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 David W. Zucker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David W. Zucker'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

41 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

  • Blade Runner 2099 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Terror: Devil in Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Alien: Earth(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Dope Thief(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Prime Target(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • At Witt's End the Hunt for a Killer(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • Great Expectations(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Still Missing Morgan(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Kaleidoscope(2023)

    Show 9 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • The Beast Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Raised by Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer

  • One Lane Bridge(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • FX's A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • The Hot Zone(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Passage(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Strange Angel(2018)

    Show 17 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Terror(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Fight(2017)

    Show 60 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Jean-Claude Van Johnson(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • I Am Dying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • The Man in the High Castle(2015)

    Show 40 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Killing Jesus(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Halo: Nightfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Klondike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Killing Kennedy(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Killing Lincoln(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Crimes of the Century(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Coma(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Gettysburg(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Pillars of the Earth(2010)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Real Robin Hood(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 156 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Into the Storm(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Andromeda Strain(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • The Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Co-Executive Producer

  • Orpheus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Numb3rs(2005)

    Show 105 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Unconditional Love(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • To Have & to Hold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Pompeii: A Day of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 34 titles, 32 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Unconditional Love (2002)

$489K worldwide

Highest rated

Into the Storm (2009)

Midcredits 78th

Most popular right now

Prime Target (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing2 of 34: 2 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing32 of 34: 32 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s9 · 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

9 major nominations and no wins, 2008–2015.

  1. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
  2. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  3. 2012
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
  4. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  5. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
  6. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries

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 David W. Zucker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · producer

Killing Jesus (2015)

91st percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Good Wife (2009)

Midcredits 94th · 91% liked

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 David W. Zucker's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 74 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 33

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

Who does David W. Zucker work with?

People who share at least 2 of David W. Zucker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ridley Scott shares the most, 13.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers