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Kiah Roache-Turner

Kiah Roache-Turner

Director, writer and editor, also producer · Born December 20, 1978 (47) · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kiah Roache-Turner is a writer/director who started his career in the commercial world directing hundreds of campaigns and several award winning music videos. His viral shorts including Daemonrunner, Chronicles of the Dead have been watched by over 50 million people.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 20, 1978 (47)
From
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Works as
Director, writer and editor, also producer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 22% in 30 days

What are Kiah Roache-Turner's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
35%
Bonds
28%
Morality
16%
Self
11%
Ideas
6%
Society
4%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
4
Tense
3
Dread
3
Absurd
2
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • 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 Kiah Roache-Turner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kiah Roache-Turner'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

12 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Beast of War(2025)

    Director · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Sting(2024)

    Director · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Wyrmwood: Apocalypse(2021)

    Director · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Tunnel: The Other Side of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Nekrotronic(2018)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Daemonrunner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Wyrmwood: Chronicles of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Stella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead(2014)

    Director · Editor · Executive Producer · Production Design · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • War Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • Roadrunner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Camera Operator · Writer

  • Lady Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Editor

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2008 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Sting (2024)

$2.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Midcredits 52nd

Most popular right now

Sting (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 12: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting11 of 12: 1 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thWriting9 of 12: 0 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thProducing1 of 12: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing4 of 12: 0 only editing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 12: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

12 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew

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 Kiah Roache-Turner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Broadly Agreed.

  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed2

Most loved · director, writer, producer, editor

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Midcredits 52nd · 49% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Is Kiah Roache-Turner's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles67–99 · median 93 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles0–25 · median 8 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles60–90 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 74 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Kiah Roache-Turner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kiah Roache-Turner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tristan Roache-Turner shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers