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Melanie Orr

Melanie Orr

Director

Melanie is a highly valued multi platform director with extraordinary achievements. In 2019, she received her first EMMY NOMINATION for Outstanding Direction in a Children's Program for her work on Odd Squad Season 2. Melanie made her directorial debut with the psychological thriller, Harms Way. In 2015 she was selected for the inaugural Shaw Media and NSI Diverse TV Director's Program and has been busy directing television ever since. She has achieved great success with 75+ episodes of television to her credits. Her work can be seen on APPLE TV+, HULU, AMAZON, CTV, NBC UNIVERSAL, NICKELODEON, FAMILY CHANNEL, YTV, CBC, SESAME WORKSHOP, MTV AND PBS. Many of her credits have landed Melanie with a great skill in working with VFX elements in storytelling, especially interactions with CGI characters. Last fall, Melanie was directing Creatures and Aliens on the action adventure series, Endlings for CBC, BBC and HULU. Melanie has also expanded into One Hour Drama with credits on Dark Matter, and multiple episodes on both of the YA series Utopia Falls (Sonar/HULU), and Hardy Boys (Corus/HULU). Most recently, she has wrapped production on the upcoming half hour comedy series for CTV, Children Ruin Everything.

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Works as
Director
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 9% in 30 days

What are Melanie Orr's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Self
31%
Survival
16%
Society
8%
Morality
5%
Power
2%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
6
Warm
6
Tense
4
Hopeful
5
Thrilling
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 Melanie Orr's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Melanie Orr'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, 16 with a MovieCove page.

  • Mistletoe Murders(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Spencer Sisters(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Lake(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Children Ruin Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 50 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Run the Burbs(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • The Barbarian and the Troll(2021)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Hardy Boys(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

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

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Endlings(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Utopia Falls(2020)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Bajillionaires(2018)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dino Dana(2017)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Stanley Dynamic(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Orphan Black(2013)

    Show 30 episodes · Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • My Babysitter's a Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · Script Supervisor

  • Forbidden Science(2009)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • How to Be Indie(2009)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Grindstone Road(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Harm's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • The Devil's Mercy(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Warriors of Terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Script Supervisor

  • Full (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Script Supervisor

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles from 2001 to 2024.

Highest rated

Mistletoe Murders (2024)

Midcredits 78th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing15 of 19: 14 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score21stWriting1 of 19: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew4 of 19: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s4 · 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.

Is Melanie Orr's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Melanie Orr work with?

People who share at least 2 of Melanie Orr's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; R.T. Thorne shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles