Jason Lapeyre is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His first feature, Cold Blooded, won Best Canadian Film at the Fantasia film festival, and his second feature, I Declare War, was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Film at Fantastic Fest. It was released theatrically by Drafthouse Films. He also directed the documentary film Faceless, about an inpatient psychiatry unit. Most recently he directed the true crime documentary The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot for Discovery+.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer and writer
- 11 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Jason Lapeyre's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 5
Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous6
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 Jason Lapeyre's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Jason Lapeyre'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
20 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Monkey on a Stick(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Urban Legend(2022)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
A Small Fortune(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
The Lockpicker(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Who Killed JonBenét?(2016)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Cold Deck(2015)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all filmsPortrait as a Random Act of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Restless Virgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Faceless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Self Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Cold Blooded(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Captured Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
I Declare War(2012)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all filmsHow We Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Murder & Madness: A Cult Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Ring Leader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 15 of them dated from 2012 to 2024.
Biggest box office
I Declare War (2012)
Highest rated
I Declare War (2012)
Most popular right now
Urban Legend (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.
How do Jason Lapeyre's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 6 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.
Who does Jason Lapeyre work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jason Lapeyre's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kathleen Garces shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Cat HostickShared titles: Urban Legend (2022), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Cat Hostick
Writers
- Kathleen GarcesShared titles: The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024), Urban Legend (2022), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Kathleen Garces
Actors
- Kendall CrossShared titles: Who Killed JonBenét? (2016), The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Kendall Cross
Composers and editors
- Aaron MarshallShared titles: Monkey on a Stick (2024), Cold Blooded (2012), I Declare War (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Marshall
- Todor KobakovShared titles: Monkey on a Stick (2024), The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024), Cold Blooded (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Todor Kobakov
- Brina RomanekShared titles: Monkey on a Stick (2024), The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Brina Romanek
- Pamela BayneShared titles: Urban Legend (2022), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Pamela Bayne
Producers
- Kate Harrison KarmanShared titles: The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Harrison Karman
- Matt MacLellanShared titles: The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Matt MacLellan
- Max BergerShared titles: Monkey on a Stick (2024), The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Max Berger
- Eli RothShared titles: Urban Legend (2022), Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Eli Roth
