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Dallas Sonnier

Dallas Sonnier

Producer · Born March 31, 1980 (46) · Dallas, Texas, USA

Joseph Albert "Dallas" Sonnier IV (born March 31, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American film producer. Beginning his career as an agent, Sonnier later gravitated towards production, initially founding the California-based Caliber Media with partner Jack Heller. Wanting to bring major film productions to the state of Texas, he returned there in 2016 to found the Dallas-based production company Cinestate, which was rebranded as Bonfire Legend in 2021.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 31, 1980 (46)
From
Dallas, Texas, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 52 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 156 days to Oct 27Down 56% in 30 days

What are Dallas Sonnier's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
35%
Morality
20%
Bonds
17%
Self
16%
Society
5%
Power
5%
Ideas
1%
Survival15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 12 · Dark 22

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

Grounded 28 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 10 · Intense 25

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

Steady 12 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 8

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

Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 6

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

Casual 12 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 19

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

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Dread
16
Melancholic
13
Thrilling
11
Absurd
8
Other
25

How their films linger

Unsettling15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous15

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 Dallas Sonnier's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dallas Sonnier'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

52 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • John Rambo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • Run Hide Fight: Infidels(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Frontier Crucible(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Muzzle: City of Wolves(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Am I Racist? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer · Story

  • Mr. Birchum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • Lady Ballers(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Chip Chilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Muzzle(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Convicting(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Terror on the Prairie(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • What Is a Woman?(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Shut In(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Hyperions(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • South of Heaven(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Run Hide Fight(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Seventh Day(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Castle Freak(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Satanic Panic(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • VFW(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Porno(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Dragged Across Concrete(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Standoff at Sparrow Creek(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Automatic Hate(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Bone Tomahawk(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Some Kind of Hate(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Home Sweet Hell(2015)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Enter Nowhere(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Condemned(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Dark Was the Night(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Scribbler(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Making the Rules(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • 3 Nights in the Desert(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Warren(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Bad Milo!(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Static(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Bachelorette(2012)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Recoil(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Refuge(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Package(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Tactical Force(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Knockout(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Hunt to Kill(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Damage(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Snow White and the Evil Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • White Knuckle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 45 titles, 41 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Seventh Day (2021)

$987K worldwide

Highest rated

What Is a Woman? (2022)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 45: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing43 of 45: 42 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thOther crew2 of 45: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s23 · crew2020s18 · 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 Dallas Sonnier's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 44 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed30

Most divisive · producer

Run Hide Fight: Infidels (2026)

99th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

What Is a Woman? (2022)

Midcredits 93rd · 84% 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.

Is Dallas Sonnier's work okay for kids?

Across up to 24 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles41–96 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity24 titles11–59 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles33–81 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles29–71 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles37–93 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Dallas Sonnier work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dallas Sonnier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jack Heller shares the most, 22.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles