- Editor and producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Known for
What are Derek Boonstra's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 14
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 14 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 12 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 4
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet12
- Ambiguous3
- Other1
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 Boonstra's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
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Subscription and free streaming for Derek Boonstra'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
23 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

Seized(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Are We Good?(2025)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Bleeding Edge(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Dealt(2017)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
American Vandal(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

The Mars Generation(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Million Dollar Duck(2016)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Becoming Bulletproof(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Hunting Ground(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Who Stole the Ruby Slippers? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Champs(2014)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Bulletproof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Invisible War(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Superheroes(2011)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 2009 to 2026.

Biggest box office
The Hunting Ground (2015)

Highest rated
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)

Most popular right now
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet (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.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2021, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.
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 Derek Boonstra's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 92nd percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Boonstra work with?
People who share at least 2 of Derek Boonstra's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Douglas Blush shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Kirby DickShared titles: The Bleeding Edge (2018), The Hunting Ground (2015), The Invisible War (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Kirby Dick

- Michael BarnettShared titles: The Mars Generation (2017), Becoming Bulletproof (2014), Superheroes (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Barnett

Writers
- Amy ZieringShared titles: The Bleeding Edge (2018), The Hunting Ground (2015), The Invisible War (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Amy Ziering

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Douglas BlushShared titles: The Mars Generation (2017), The Hunting Ground (2015), The Invisible War (2012), Superheroes (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Douglas Blush

- Thaddeus WadleighShared titles: The Bleeding Edge (2018), The Hunting Ground (2015), The Invisible War (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Thaddeus Wadleigh

- Ceiri TorjussenShared titles: The Million Dollar Duck (2016), Becoming Bulletproof (2014), Superheroes (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Ceiri Torjussen

Producers
- Theodore JamesShared titles: The Mars Generation (2017), Becoming Bulletproof (2014), Superheroes (2011), Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Theodore James
- Michael MahaffieShared titles: Dadiwonisi (We Will Speak) (2023), The Mars Generation (2017), Becoming Bulletproof (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Mahaffie

- Barbara DobkinShared titles: Seized (2026), The Hunting Ground (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Dobkin
- Ruth Ann HarnischShared titles: Seized (2026), The Hunting Ground (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ruth Ann Harnisch




