- Producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Known for
What are Derek Van Pelt's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 15
Light 15 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 16 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 15 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 16 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 15
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 16 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 15 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous4
- Cyclical2
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 Van Pelt's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).
- Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018) · producer
- Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017) · producer
- Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation (2015) · producer
- Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026) · producer
- Vir Das: Abroad Understanding (2017) · producer
- Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022) · producer
- Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023) · producer
- Theo Von: No Offense (2016) · producer
- Trevor Noah: African American (2013) · producer · free
- Pete Correale: Let Me Tell Ya (2015) · producer · free
- Craig Shoemaker: Daditude (2012) · producer · free
- Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female (2011) · producer · free
- The Great American Joke Off (2023) · producer · free
- For All Humankind (2023) · producer · free
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Derek Van Pelt'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
28 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
To Be Destroyed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Trevor Noah: Where Was I(2023)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
For All Humankind(2023)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Guerrilla Habeas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Imperfect Messenger(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Theo Von: No Offense(2016)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Inside Amy Schumer(2013)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Christopher Titus: Love Is Evol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 12 of them dated from 2013 to 2024.

Highest rated
Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018)

Most popular right now
The Great American Joke Off (2023)
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
2 major nominations and no wins, 2023–2024.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
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 Van Pelt's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 18; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic4
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed7
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 Van Pelt work with?
People who share at least 2 of Derek Van Pelt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Norman Aladjem shares the most, 11.
Directors
- David Paul MeyerShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You (2019), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017), Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation (2015)See all 8 shared titles with David Paul Meyer

- C. Craig PattersonShared titles: Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers (2025), Imperfect Messenger (2021)See all 2 shared titles with C. Craig Patterson

- Ryan PolitoShared titles: Trevor Noah: African American (2013), Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Polito

- Manny RodriguezShared titles: Craig Shoemaker: Daditude (2012), Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Manny Rodriguez

Writers
- Trevor NoahShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), The World According to Football (2023), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017), Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation (2015), Trevor Noah: African American (2013)See all 9 shared titles with Trevor Noah

- Roy Wood Jr.Shared titles: Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers (2025), Imperfect Messenger (2021), Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Roy Wood Jr.

Cinematographers and editors
- Dylan SanfordShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Dylan Sanford

- Marc BloomgardenShared titles: Imperfect Messenger (2021), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You (2019), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Marc Bloomgarden
- Dave HarrisonShared titles: Trevor Noah: African American (2013), Craig Shoemaker: Daditude (2012), Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Dave Harrison
- Catherine TrasborgShared titles: Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Trasborg
Producers
- Norman AladjemShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers (2025), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Imperfect Messenger (2021), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You (2019), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017), Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation (2015), Trevor Noah: African American (2013)See all 11 shared titles with Norman Aladjem

- Sanaz YaminShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), The World According to Football (2023), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Imperfect Messenger (2021), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017)See all 8 shared titles with Sanaz Yamin
- Bob BainShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Imperfect Messenger (2021), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021), Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You (2019), Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2018), Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017)See all 7 shared titles with Bob Bain

- Danny SanchezShared titles: Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026), Trevor Noah: Where Was I (2023), Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022), Imperfect Messenger (2021), Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Danny Sanchez
