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David Lawson Jr.

David Lawson Jr.

Producer and actor · Born July 8, 1981 (45) · Towson, Maryland, USA

Independent Spirit Award nominee

David Lawson Jr. was born on 8 July 1981 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Something in the Dirt (2022), The Endless (2017) and She Dies Tomorrow (2020).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 8, 1981 (45)
From
Towson, Maryland, USA
Works as
Producer and actor
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 44 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 27Up 74% in 30 days

What are David Lawson Jr.'s films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th 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
Bonds
30%
Survival
28%
Morality
13%
Self
12%
Ideas
7%
Society
6%
Power
4%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 8 · Dark 12

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 11 · Intense 9

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 15 · 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 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 12

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

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 11

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Dread
12
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
7
Absurd
5
Other
10

How their films linger

Unsettling15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous11

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 David Lawson Jr.'s films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Lawson Jr.'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

44 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

  • Touch Me(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Man Finds Tape(2025)

    First Assistant Director · Producer · as Charles Danforth

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Two Sleepy People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Jacques the Giant Slayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Descendent(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Wild Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Starman(2025)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Things Will Be Different(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Video Instructor Lima

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Aporia(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • New Life(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Pruning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Seatbelts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Something in the Dirt(2022)

    Producer · as Attractive Man on Cell Phone

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Breathing Happy(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Darkness of the Road(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Synchronic(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • She Dies Tomorrow(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Separation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • After Midnight(2019)

    First Assistant Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Rock Bottom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • Occupant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    First Assistant Director · Producer

  • V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · Producer

  • ApocaFISH (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Battle Elf

  • Hover(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Endless(2017)

    First Assistant Director · Producer · as Dave

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • 68 Kill(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Hajji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Trash Fire(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Straight Outta OZ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • V/H/S Viral(2014)

    First Assistant Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Spring(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Devil Incarnate(2013)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Resolution(2012)

    First Assistant Director · Producer · as Dave the Level 1 UFO Cult Member

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Red(2008)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Hancock(2008)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Street Kings(2008)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Sherman's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Streaker

  • Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 6 episodes · Production Assistant

  • Live Free or Die Hard(2007)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Head Case(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · Set Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Tourgasm(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • The Favor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 44 titles, 42 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Synchronic (2019)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Spring (2014)

Midcredits 72nd

Most popular right now

The Endless (2017)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 44: 2 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdProducing35 of 44: 27 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rdOther crew13 of 44: 7 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

44 titles, 8 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2000s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew2010s16 · 3 acting · 15 crew2020s18 · 3 acting · 18 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2023.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do David Lawson Jr.'s films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 26; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 28 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · producer

Breathing Happy (2022)

88th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Starman (2025)

Midcredits 75th · 66% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 David Lawson Jr.'s work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles50–87 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles2–57 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles65–98 · median 80 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles44–70 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles48–69 · median 62 · 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 David Lawson Jr. work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Lawson Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Moorhead shares the most, 13.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles