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Derek Dudley

Derek Dudley

Producer

Works as
Producer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 6% in 30 days

What are Derek Dudley's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Society
26%
Bonds
13%
Power
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
7%
Morality
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
4
Tense
3
Hopeful
2
Absurd
1
Dread
1
Other
7

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2

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 Derek Dudley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Derek Dudley'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

9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Horror Noire(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • 40 Years a Prisoner(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Chi(2018)

    Show 78 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Last Two Lovers at the End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • An American Girl Story: Melody 1963 - Love Has to Win(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Two Trains Runnin'(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Meet the Blacks(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Hate to See You Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2016 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Meet the Blacks (2016)

$9.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)

Midcredits 93rd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing7 of 7: 7 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score85th

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s2 · 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.

How do Derek Dudley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

An American Girl Story: Melody 1963 - Love Has to Win (2016)

89th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

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.

Who does Derek Dudley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Derek Dudley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Common shares the most, 4.

Producers