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J.D. Dillard

J.D. Dillard

Director, producer and writer · Born December 26, 1987 (38) · Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA

JD Dillard (born December 26, 1987) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on Sleight (2016), Sweetheart (2019), and Devotion (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article JJD Dillard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 26, 1987 (38)
From
Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 46% in 30 days

What are J.D. Dillard's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
48%
Survival
29%
Morality
12%
Self
6%
Society
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
3
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Cathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 J.D. Dillard's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for J.D. Dillard'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

19 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Neuromancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Devotion(2022)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Utopia(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Outsider(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker(2019)

    as FN-1226

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Two Sentence Horror Stories(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • The Twilight Zone(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Stray(2019)

    Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Sweetheart(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Sleight(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens(2015)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer

  • Gigantic(2010)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer's Assistant

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Mariah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Overheard in NYC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Judy Goose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Editor · Executive Producer · Writer · as Cook / Grandfather

  • Quick Change (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Editor · Executive Producer · as Big Jerk

  • The Strange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 16 of them dated from 2005 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Devotion (2022)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

Devotion (2022)

Midcredits 70th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 19: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting14 of 19: 6 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thWriting6 of 19: 1 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing8 of 19: 1 only producing, 7 with another roleEditing3 of 19: 0 only editing, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 19: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

19 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · 2 acting · 4 crew2010s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2020s3 · 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 J.D. Dillard's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 11 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Gigantic (2010)

93rd percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

The Outsider (2020)

Midcredits 77th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 4 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 J.D. Dillard work with?

People who share at least 2 of J.D. Dillard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Theurer shares the most, 3.

Writers

Producers

Mixed roles