Michael Newton

Editor

Network Television Editor and Independent Filmmaker/Documentarian best known for History Channel's Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation, The Proof is Out There, Fight The Power: The Movements That Changed America, Modern Marvels and Black Patriots: Civil War. Michael also Co-Directed Sleepaway Slasher on Prime Video as well as many other short form original documentaries through his production company Awakend Media.

What are Michael Newton's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Ideas

24%

Morality

22%

Society

21%

Self

15%

Bonds

13%

Power

5%

Truth3 Justice3 Family bonds2 Community2 Legacy2 Ambition2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

7

Tense

5

Hopeful

3

Joyful

2

Dread

2

Other

6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 Fun4 Hopeful2 Unsettling2 Haunting2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous5
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 Michael Newton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

HISTORY Vault4 titles, show their 4 titles on HISTORY Vault
Lifetime Movie Club1 title, show their title on Lifetime Movie Club
ViX1 title, show their title on ViX

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Newton'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

10 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

Ted Bundy: Dialogue with the Devil(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Dance Moms: A New Era(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Proof Is Out There: Alien Edition(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
History's Greatest of All-Time with Peyton Manning(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Adam Eats the 80's(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers(2022)
Editor
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Legacy(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America(2021)
Editor
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation(2019)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 10 MovieCove titles from 2019 to 2025.

Highest rated

Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation (2019)

Midcredits 75^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Editing10 of 10 · 42^nd

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s9 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Michael Newton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Newton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steve Ascher shares the most, 9.