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Jake Castorena

Director, also actor

Primetime Emmy nominee

Jake Castorena is an Emmy-nominated director, known for directing The Death of Superman, Reign of Superman, and X-Men '97.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, also actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all

What are Jake Castorena's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

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

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
7
Joyful
4
Tense
2
Dread
1
Melancholic
2
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1

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 Jake Castorena's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jake Castorena'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

11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2010 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 10: 6 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thProducing1 of 10: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 10: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s9 · crew2020s1 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2024, Outstanding Animated Program.

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 Jake Castorena's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 49/100 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 Jake Castorena's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles45–79 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles9–22 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles20–37 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles4–27 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles38–63 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian 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 Jake Castorena work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jake Castorena's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Finger shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers