Blake Ridder is a filmmaker, writer, director and actor, born in Shanghai and raised in the United Kingdom from the age of nine. He began acting in 2017, then wrote and directed his first short a year later. His feature debut, Help (2021), picked up multiple festival prizes and marked him as a fresh voice in contained psychological thrillers. Ridder's horror follow-up, Manor of Darkness (2025), is slated for release soon, while his third feature, the California-set suspense thriller Spill (2026), is in post-production. Across more than 70 shorts he has written, directed, and appeared in award winners such as The English Teacher (2020). He founded Ridder Films, an independent production company operating in Los Angeles and London, and launched the Ridder Film Festival in 2024 to spotlight emerging genre filmmakers. His behind-the-scenes filmmaking content has attracted an online audience of over half a million followers. Ridder speaks English and Mandarin fluently.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Shanghai, China
- Actor, director, writer, cinematographer, editor and producer
- 3 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Blake Ridder's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Vincent in Spill (2026)
Moods and endings
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 Blake Ridder's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Blake Ridder'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
3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Spill(2026)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Manor of Darkness(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Help(2021)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles from 2021 to 2026.
How do Blake Ridder's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 11th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Panned.
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Crowd Pleaser1
Reviewers score the acting 45/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 10. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Blake Ridder work with?
People who share at least 2 of Blake Ridder's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amy Jim shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Amy JimShared titles: Manor of Darkness (2025), Help (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Jim
- Louis JamesShared titles: Manor of Darkness (2025), Help (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Louis James
- Sarah Alexandra MarksShared titles: Manor of Darkness (2025), Help (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Sarah Alexandra Marks
Composers
- David EngellauShared titles: Spill (2026), Manor of Darkness (2025)See all 2 shared titles with David Engellau
Producers
- Lucas A. FerraraShared titles: Manor of Darkness (2025), Help (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Lucas A. Ferrara
