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Guy Ferland

Guy Ferland

Director, also producer and writer · Born February 18, 1966 (60) · Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Directors Guild Award winner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Guy Ferland (born 18 February 1966) is an American film and television director.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 18, 1966 (60)
From
Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Director, also producer and writer
Titles
62 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Guy Ferland's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Genres

Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Society
20%
Self
17%
Survival
14%
Power
12%
Bonds
10%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
4
Melancholic
3
Hopeful
2
Romantic
1
Other
5

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Guy Ferland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 48 of their 62 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Guy Ferland'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

71 credits, 62 with a MovieCove page.

  • Marshals(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Watson(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • The Abandons(2025)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • The Night Agent(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • 1923(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Tulsa King(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Mayor of Kingstown(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Coyote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Mayans M.C.(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Yellowstone(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • SEAL Team(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Mist(2017)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Falling Water(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Timeless(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Into the Badlands(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Limitless(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Daredevil(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Gotham(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Scorpion(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Strain(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago P.D.(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Mob City(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Bridge(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Ray Donovan(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 21 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Once Upon a Time(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Chicago Code(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Nikita(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Terriers(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Glades(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Rubicon(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Human Target(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Vampire Diaries(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Blue(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Mental(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Southland(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Eleventh Hour(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Mentalist(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Sons of Anarchy(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Saving Grace(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Traveler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Raines(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Riches(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Torchwood(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Unit(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Sleeper Cell(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Prison Break(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Blind Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Medical Investigation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Bang Bang You're Dead(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Shield(2002)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • After the Storm(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Delivered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Producer

  • Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Telling Lies in America(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Director A

  • The Babysitter(1995)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Client(1994)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 69 titles from 1994 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Client (1994)

$118M worldwide

Highest rated

Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Client (1994)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 69: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting67 of 69: 64 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stWriting1 of 69: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 69: 1 only producing, 2 with another role

69 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew2000s29 · crew2010s27 · crew2020s7 · 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

Won a Directors Guild Award in 2003, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs.

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 Guy Ferland's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 62 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up41
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 62 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved21
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director

Watson (2024)

82nd percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

House (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 7 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 Guy Ferland's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles22–53 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian 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 Guy Ferland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Guy Ferland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Keenleyside shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers and editors

Mixed roles