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Michael Allcock

Michael Allcock

Writer, actor and director, also producer

Michael Allcock is a Montreal-born, Toronto-based writer and director. For more than 20 years, he has worked on feature documentaries, documentary series, and docudramas on topics that range from science to war to religion to music to crime to ghosts to chocolate to eating bugs and, most recently, to not dancing.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Writer, actor and director, also producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 2% in 30 days

What are Michael Allcock's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Contemplative
5
Dread
3
Cold
2
Absurd
1
Other
4

How their films end

  • Bittersweet1
  • 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 Michael Allcock's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Allcock'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

17 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • How I Escaped My Cult(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
  • Thunder Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • Paranormal Revenge(2023)

    Show Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Fear of Dancing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer · as Self - Filmmaker

  • Unabomber: In His Own Words(2020)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Haunted Hospitals(2018)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
  • Sled Dogs(2016)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Black Watch Snipers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer

  • Camp X(2014)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • World's Strangest(2013)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Semisweet: Life in Chocolate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer

  • The Pagan Christ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Writer

  • Urban Legends(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Secret Files of the Inquisition(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
  • Secret Files of the Inquisition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • First and Last (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 2003 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 13: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting2 of 13: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting10 of 13: 8 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 13: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Michael Allcock work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Allcock's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Elizabeth Trojian shares the most, 3.

Directors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles