David Freid is filmmaker and journalist who has contributed to The Atlantic, National Geographic, NBC, The New York Times and Vanity Fair, among others. Most recently, David ran MEL Films, winning the IDA Documentary Award for Best Documentary Series, and was nominated for an Emmy for his film "Guns Found Here".
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer, director and producer
- 4 on MovieCove
What are David Freid's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
Moods and endings
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 Freid's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for David Freid'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
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Bigfoot Took Her(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Hungry for Answers(2022)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Cake: A Wedding Story(2007)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2007 to 2025.
Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
Won a Cannes award in 2018, Best Documentary.
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 Freid work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Freid's MovieCove titles; Kyle Wheeler shares the most, 2.
- Kyle WheelerShared titles: Bigfoot Took Her (2025), Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Kyle Wheeler