Daniel Emmerson

Producer

Daniel Emmerson is a British film producer. Working for DMC Film, the production company co-founded by Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan, Emmerson played a key role in developing the adaptation of Colin Barrett's short story "Young Skins" and guiding the project through financing and production. Before Calm with Horses, Emmerson held in-house production roles at DMC and was involved in development for other projects, including the Ubisoft-based adaptation Assassin's Creed and the BBC Films-supported Garagistas. His work on Calm with Horses involved sourcing the rights to the story, working with Rowland and Murtagh to shape the script, and securing funding from Film4, the Irish Film Board, and the WRAP Fund. Emmerson was nominated for several major awards. Calm with Horses earned a nomination at the 2021 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for Outstanding British Film, shared with Nick Rowland and Joe Murtagh. It was also nominated for two awards at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best British Independent Film, shared with Rowland and Murtagh, and Breakthrough Producer for Emmerson himself.

What are Daniel Emmerson's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

30%

Survival

23%

Self

21%

Power

15%

Society

7%

Morality

3%

Family bonds2 Freedom2 Survival2 Identity2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Melancholic

3

Thrilling

2

Hopeful

2

Dread

1

Other

3

How their films linger

Hopeful2 Unsettling2 Cathartic2

How their films end

Bittersweet2
Ambiguous3

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 Daniel Emmerson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Kino Film Collection1 title, show their title on Kino Film Collection
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
Magnolia Selects1 title, show their title on Magnolia Selects

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Emmerson'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

14 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

Life Hack(2025)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Karavidhe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Executive Producer
The Kitchen(2023)
Producer
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Scrapper(2023)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Good Thanks, You? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Producer
Calm with Horses(2019)
Producer
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Love Pool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Producer
The 1st (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Executive Producer
Robot & Scarecrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Producer
Assassin's Creed(2016)
Associate Producer
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Jet Trash(2016)
Producer
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Awful Days: A Documentary about Awful Records (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Producer
I Give It a Year(2013)
Executive Producer's Assistant
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Arrival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Producer

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Assassin's Creed (2016)

$241M worldwide

Highest rated

Scrapper (2023)

Midcredits 78^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing14 of 14 · 27^th

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s6 · 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 Daniel Emmerson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27^th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

33^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

91^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

75^th and up1
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th2
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser2
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Jet Trash (2016)

73^rd percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Scrapper (2023)

Midcredits 78^th · 72% liked

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 Daniel Emmerson's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 60 · moderate

Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 13 · minimal

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Daniel Emmerson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Emmerson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Conor McCaughan shares the most, 4.

Writers

Joe Murtagh2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Joe Murtagh

Producers

Conor McCaughan4 titles See all 4 shared titles with Conor McCaughan
Michael Fassbender4 titles See all 4 shared titles with Michael Fassbender
Theo Barrowclough3 titles See all 3 shared titles with Theo Barrowclough
Jennifer Monks2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Monks