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David Midell

David Midell

Director, producer, writer and actor

Independent Spirit Award nominee

David Middell is a filmmaker.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, producer, writer and actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are David Midell's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Survival
24%
Society
19%
Bonds
12%
Self
8%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
4
Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Romantic
1

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 Midell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for David Midell'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

6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Ritual(2025)

    Director · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Forever Mine(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Fare(2018)

    Co-Producer · as Whistling Man

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • NightLights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2010 to 2025.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 6: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting3 of 6: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 6: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 6: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography1 of 6: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another role

6 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2021.

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 David Midell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. 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.

Who does David Midell work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Midell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; D.C. Hamilton shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles