Tony Yacenda is an American television director, writer, and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and director of the Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal, which he created with Dan Perrault. He also directed episodes of DAVE, Players, and Chad Powers.
Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer and writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Tony Yacenda's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous2
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 Tony Yacenda's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Tony Yacenda'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
13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Chad Powers(2025)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Somewhere In Between (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Players(2022)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
For Heaven's Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Trial by Media(2020)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Dave(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
American Vandal(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
13 Cameras(2015)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
$aving Dat Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Sharkproof(2014)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Funeral Kings(2012)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all filmsThe People v. Gorilla Grodd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2013 to 2025.
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 Tony Yacenda's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 12th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
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 Tony Yacenda work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tony Yacenda's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin McManus shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Kevin McManusShared titles: Players (2022), 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin McManus
- Matthew McManusShared titles: Players (2022), 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew McManus
Actors
- Dan PerraultShared titles: Players (2022), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Perrault
- Michaela McManusShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Michaela McManus
- PJ McCabeShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with PJ McCabe
- Sarah BaldwinShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Sarah Baldwin
Composers
- Darien ShulmanShared titles: Trial by Media (2020), Sharkproof (2014), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Darien Shulman
Producers
- Andrew van den HoutenShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew van den Houten
- Ethan RosenbergShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ethan Rosenberg
- Jordan RudmanShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jordan Rudman
- Michael J. McGarryShared titles: 13 Cameras (2015), Funeral Kings (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Michael J. McGarry
