David Alvarado
Cinematographer, director, producer, writer and editor
David Alvarado is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a passion for science, philosophy, and human rights. After earning his B.A. in Film Production from the University of North Texas, he worked at PBS producing and shooting documentaries. He later earned his M.F.A. degree from Stanford University’s Documentary Film and Video Production program, after which he moved to New York where he founded Structure Films, a documentary film company that produces content about Science, Health, and Technology. David works quite a lot, never takes vacations, and hopes to have a hobby one day.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Cinematographer, director, producer, writer and editor
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are David Alvarado's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 8 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 0
Steady 7 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- 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 David Alvarado's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for David Alvarado'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, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Secrets in Your Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Matter of Mind: My ALS(2023)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
We Are As Gods(2021)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Blood Sugar Rising(2020)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Red Heaven(2020)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Gust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
True Conviction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bill Nye: Science Guy(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Immortalists(2014)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Nova(1974)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles from 1974 to 2026.
Biggest box office
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026)
Highest rated
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026)
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 David Alvarado's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the cinematography 73/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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 David Alvarado work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Alvarado's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Sussberg shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Jason SussbergShared titles: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's (2024), Matter of Mind: My ALS (2023), We Are As Gods (2021), Blood Sugar Rising (2020), Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017), The Immortalists (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Jason Sussberg
- Anna Moot-LevinShared titles: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's (2024), Matter of Mind: My ALS (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Anna Moot-Levin
- Laura GreenShared titles: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's (2024), Matter of Mind: My ALS (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Laura Green
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Katherine GorringeShared titles: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's (2024), Matter of Mind: My ALS (2023), Red Heaven (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Katherine Gorringe
- Annukka LiljaShared titles: We Are As Gods (2021), Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017), The Immortalists (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Annukka Lilja
- William Ryan FritchShared titles: Blood Sugar Rising (2020), Red Heaven (2020), Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)See all 3 shared titles with William Ryan Fritch
- Zachary FinkShared titles: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026), Blood Sugar Rising (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Zachary Fink
Producers
- Jamie MeltzerShared titles: We Are As Gods (2021), Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017), The Immortalists (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Jamie Meltzer
- Kate McLeanShared titles: We Are As Gods (2021), Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017), The Immortalists (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Kate McLean
- Everett KatigbakShared titles: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026), We Are As Gods (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Everett Katigbak
- Michael KinomotoShared titles: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's (2024), Matter of Mind: My ALS (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Kinomoto
Mixed roles
- Lauren DeFilippoShared titles: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026), Red Heaven (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren DeFilippo
