David Kajganich (born November 15, 1969) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written several works in the horror genre, including the network series The Terror (2018) and the film Bones and All (2022). He has collaborated on three films with the Italian director Luca Guadagnino: A Bigger Splash (2015) and the horror films Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Kajganich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 15, 1969 (56)
- Lorain, Ohio, USA
- Writer and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are David Kajganich's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous5
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 Kajganich's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for David Kajganich'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
11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
The Room Next Door(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Bones and All(2022)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Suspiria(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Terror(2018)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
A Bigger Splash(2015)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
True Story(2015)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Blood Creek(2009)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Invasion(2007)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all filmsBe My Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Piranesi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 7 of them dated from 2007 to 2022.
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
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2023, Best Feature.
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 David Kajganich's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 7 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 David Kajganich's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 David Kajganich work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Kajganich's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luca Guadagnino shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Luca GuadagninoShared titles: Bones and All (2022), Suspiria (2018), A Bigger Splash (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Luca Guadagnino
Actors
- Tilda SwintonShared titles: The Room Next Door (2024), Suspiria (2018), A Bigger Splash (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Tilda Swinton
- Dakota JohnsonShared titles: Suspiria (2018), A Bigger Splash (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Dakota Johnson
Editors
- Walter FasanoShared titles: Suspiria (2018), A Bigger Splash (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Walter Fasano
Producers
- Marco MorabitoShared titles: Bones and All (2022), Suspiria (2018), A Bigger Splash (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Marco Morabito
- Francesco Melzi d'ErilShared titles: Bones and All (2022), Suspiria (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Francesco Melzi d'Eril
- Gabriele Bebe MorattiShared titles: Bones and All (2022), Suspiria (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Gabriele Bebe Moratti