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Writer, director, editor, producer and cinematographer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 39% in 30 days

What are Dave Christiano's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 7 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady 9 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
9
Warm
4
Contemplative
4
Tense
2
Melancholic
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet5

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 Christiano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Subscription and free streaming for Dave Christiano'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, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Take Time to Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Always a Winner(2023)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • MindReader(2022)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The Perfect Race(2019)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Power of the Air(2018)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Remember the Goal(2016)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • A Matter of Faith(2014)

    Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Amazing Love(2012)

    Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Me & You, Us, Forever(2008)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • 7th Street Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 15 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Late One Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Producer

  • Pamela's Prayer(1998)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Crime of the Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

  • The Pretender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • The Daylight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Cinematographer · Composer · Editor · Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 1986 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing12 of 16: 0 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thWriting15 of 16: 2 only writing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thProducing9 of 16: 0 only producing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thMusic1 of 16: 0 only music, 1 with another roleCinematography4 of 16: 0 only cinematography, 4 with another roleEditing9 of 16: 0 only editing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

16 titles, 14 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s3 · 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 Dave Christiano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the dialogue 33/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Dave Christiano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dave Christiano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philip Hurn shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers