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David Krentz

David Krentz

Writer and director

3 Primetime Emmys

David Krentz is a Canadian-American paleoartist, character designer, animator, storyboard artist, writer and director specializing in dinosaurs. Krentz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1969. As an animator for Walt Disney Pictures, Krentz has worked on Disney animated feature titles such as Fantasia 2000, Disney's Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, and John Carter, as well as productions for other studios such as Escape from Planet Earth. He has also contributed character designs and computer-generated models for films such as the 2013 BBC reboot of Walking with Dinosaurs, including nearly 20 ZBrush models. In addition to his work on films, Krentz has contributed his character design expertise to television shows such as the Discovery Channel's four-part nature documentary Dinosaur Revolution and its feature film version, Dinotasia, which was created from unused sequences of the show. Krentz was also the co-director and art director for both of these productions. He has worked as a writer and storyboard artist for the Adult Swim animated production Primal. For his work as a storyboard artist on the episode "Plague of Madness", he has won two Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. For the same episode, he was also listed as a recipient of the award for Outstanding Animated Program. His 3D modelling of dinosaurs was preceded by his paleoart, in which he has an avocational interest in sculpting dinosaurs. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Krentz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Writer and director
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 8% in 30 days

What are David Krentz's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
55%
Bonds
19%
Self
12%
Ideas
8%
Morality
5%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Manic
1
Absurd
1
Bittersweet
2
Thrilling
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Krentz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Krentz'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, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Ironheart(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Thunderbolts*(2025)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Transformers One(2024)

    Story Artist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • What If...?(2021)

    Show 9 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Primal(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Primal: Tales of Savagery(2019)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation(2018)

    Story Artist

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Baby Driver(2017)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Ant-Man(2015)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Dinotasia(2012)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • John Carter(2012)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Dinosaur Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Ant Bully(2006)

    Character Designer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Samurai Jack(2001)

    Show 10 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 2001 to 2025.

Highest rated

Primal: Tales of Savagery (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Samurai Jack (2001)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 15: 2 only directing, 0 with another roleWriting4 of 15: 3 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew10 of 15: 9 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score86th

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s9 · crew2020s4 · 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

3 Primetime Emmys from 3 major nominations, 2021–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

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.

Who does David Krentz work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Krentz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Genndy Tartakovsky shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers