Drake Doremus (born March 29, 1983) is a film director and screenwriter best known for directing the films Like Crazy (2011) which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Douchebag (2010) which was in Dramatic competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and Spooner (2009). He also taught at the Orange County High School of the Arts for a couple semesters.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 29, 1983 (43)
- Orange, California, USA
- Director, writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Drake Doremus' 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 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 7 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- 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 Drake Doremus' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Drake Doremus' 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
14 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Next Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Endings, Beginnings(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Love, Antosha(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Zoe(2018)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Newness(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Equals(2015)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Breathe In(2013)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all filmsThe Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Beauty Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Like Crazy(2011)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Douchebag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Spooner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Moonpie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Aurora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Like Crazy (2011)
Highest rated
Love, Antosha (2019)
Most popular right now
Newness (2017)
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.
How do Drake Doremus' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Drake Doremus' work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 2 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all 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 Drake Doremus work with?
People who share at least 2 of Drake Doremus' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Guleserian shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Ben York JonesShared titles: Newness (2017), Breathe In (2013), Like Crazy (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Ben York Jones
Actors
- Matthew Gray GublerShared titles: Endings, Beginnings (2019), Zoe (2018), Newness (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew Gray Gubler
- Anton YelchinShared titles: Love, Antosha (2019), Like Crazy (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Anton Yelchin
- Nicholas HoultShared titles: Newness (2017), Equals (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Hoult
- Guy PearceShared titles: Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Guy Pearce
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- John GuleserianShared titles: Zoe (2018), Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013), Like Crazy (2011)See all 4 shared titles with John Guleserian
- Dustin O'HalloranShared titles: Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013), Like Crazy (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Dustin O'Halloran
- Jonathan AlbertsShared titles: Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013), Like Crazy (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Alberts
- Garret PriceShared titles: Endings, Beginnings (2019), Love, Antosha (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Garret Price
Producers
- Michael PrussShared titles: Zoe (2018), Newness (2017), Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Pruss
- Robert GeorgeShared titles: Endings, Beginnings (2019), Zoe (2018), Newness (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Robert George
- Ridley ScottShared titles: Zoe (2018), Newness (2017), Equals (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Ridley Scott
- Andrew C. RobinsonShared titles: Zoe (2018), Equals (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew C. Robinson