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Bryan Woods

Bryan Woods

Writer, director and producer · Born September 14, 1984 (42) · Davenport, Iowa, USA

Writers Guild Award nominee · Critics Choice Award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Bryan Woods (born September 14, 1984) is an American director and screenwriter working as a duo with Scott Beck. Beck and Woods made their directorial debut in 2015 with the horror film Nightlight. They have also directed Haunt (2019), 65 (2023), and Heretic (2024). Beck and Woods have also written for John Krasinski's A Quiet Place (2018) and Rob Savage's The Boogeyman (2023).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1984 (42)
From
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 22 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 155 days to Oct 26Up 52% in 30 days

What are Bryan Woods' films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Survival
65%
Bonds
19%
Society
8%
Self
8%
Survival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 5

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 5

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
8
Hopeful
2
Cold
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous4

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 Bryan Woods' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bryan Woods' 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

22 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • To All the Books (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Heretic(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • A Quiet Place: Day One(2024)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Boogeyman(2023)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • 65(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Quiet Place Part II(2020)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • 50 States of Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Haunt(2019)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • A Quiet Place(2018)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Nightlight(2015)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Spread (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer

  • Impulse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Bride Wore Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Her Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Shades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Amber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Screenplay

  • For Always (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Yearbook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Sleepover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Actor

  • Haunt 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Sovereign (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

  • Untitled Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Sci-Fi Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles, 19 of them dated from 1999 to 2025.

Biggest box office

A Quiet Place (2018)

$341M worldwide

Highest rated

A Quiet Place (2018)

Midcredits 93rd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 22: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting16 of 22: 0 only directing, 16 with another roleWriting19 of 22: 3 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdProducing7 of 22: 1 only producing, 6 with another role

22 titles, 18 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew2000s6 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s7 · 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 major nominations and no wins, 2019–2025.

  1. 2025
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Screenplay
  2. 2019
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Original Screenplay
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay

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 Bryan Woods' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · director, writer

Nightlight (2015)

55th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

A Quiet Place (2018)

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 41/100 and the plot and story 35/100 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.

Is Bryan Woods' work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles60–80 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles7–28 · median 10 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles11–56 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles4–35 · median 7 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles68–86 · median 83 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bryan Woods work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bryan Woods' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Scott Beck shares the most, 8.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles