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David Burrows

David Burrows

Editor and actor

David Burrows, ACE is a feature animation editor known for "The Lego Batman Movie", "Ron's Gone Wrong" and "The Lego Movie" for which he won the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Animation) with co-editor Chris McKay in 2015. His other editing credits include Zack Snyder's 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole', and David Scott's animated sci-fi family comedy "LEGO Star Wars : The Padawan Menace" He has also worked as an Assistant Editor on movies including Happy Feet, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet American and The Avengers.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Editor and actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all

What are David Burrows' films like?

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

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Absurd
2
Hopeful
2
Thrilling
2
Warm
2
Other
4

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3

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 Burrows' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for David Burrows' 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, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Kipps - The New Half a Sixpence Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Uncle Bert

  • Ron's Gone Wrong(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)

    Editor · as Fuchsia Ninja (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Lego Batman Movie(2017)

    Editor · as Anchorman Phil (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • The Lego Movie(2014)

    Editor · as Octan Robot / Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Polar Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Editor

  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Happy Feet(2006)

    VFX Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Daredevil(2003)

    as Man at the Ball (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • The Avengers(1998)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 76th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 1998 to 2021.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 11: 3 only acting, 2 with another roleEditing6 of 11: 4 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 11: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s6 · 3 acting · 5 crew2020s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew

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

How do David Burrows' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 David Burrows' work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles30–48 · median 32 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles12–22 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles12–24 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles3–16 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles30–51 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all 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 David Burrows work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Burrows' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zareh Nalbandian shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles