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David Hartman

David Hartman

Director, producer, editor and writer

David Hartman is an American director, illustrator, character designer and producer based in Los Angeles, California. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from Columbus College of Art & Design. His directorial credits include the live-action horror film Phantasm: Ravager and episodes of the animated series Transformers: Prime, Trese, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Godzilla and many more. He is also an illustrator for comic books, magazines and music albums covers.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, producer, editor and writer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 7% in 30 days

What are David Hartman's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
27%
Bonds
24%
Self
14%
Morality
14%
Society
11%
Power
6%
Ideas
4%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · 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 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

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 1 · Full focus 1

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
4
Joyful
3
Warm
2
Hopeful
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • 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 David Hartman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Hartman'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

35 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • Twilight of the Gods(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver(2024)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Ark: The Animated Series(2024)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Producer · Supervising Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire(2023)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Trese(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Phantasm: Ravager(2016)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise(2014)

    Show 52 episodes · Director · Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising(2013)

    Director · Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • John Dies at the End(2012)

    Animation · Visual Effects · as Spider Victim

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Transformers Prime(2010)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Man with Pocket Watch / Pumpkin Child

  • Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood Haunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Friendly Tails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Water and Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Producer · as Water Plant Employee

  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh(2007)

    Show 63 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • The Sarah Silverman Program.(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Older Engineer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny(2006)

    Production Illustrator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Call of Echo Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Cinematographer · Creator · Digital Effects Producer · Editor · Sound · Writer · as The Prince Of Mankind's Destruction (voice)

  • Masters of Horror(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · Production Consultant

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild(2005)

    Conceptual Design

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Most Extraordinary Space Investigations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

  • House of Cosbys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Animation · Art Designer

  • Adventurous und Magick Haus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · as Judy Greenshorts / Headmaster Ernesto

  • Laser Fart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Cinematographer · Digital Effects Producer · Editor · Producer · Sound · as 2nd Doctor · as Doc · as Doctor Cripple · as Man With Baby At Funeral

  • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series(2003)

    Show 13 episodes · Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Time Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Visual Effects

  • Bubba Ho-Tep(2002)

    Production Illustrator · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Jackie Chan Adventures(2000)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Max Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 9 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 40 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Godzilla: The Series - Monster War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Cradle: Unsouled - The Animatic Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles, 34 of them dated from 1999 to 2024.

Highest rated

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Transformers Prime (2010)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 35: 2 only acting, 5 with another roleDirecting16 of 35: 10 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thWriting2 of 35: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing4 of 35: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleCinematography4 of 35: 1 only cinematography, 3 with another roleEditing3 of 35: 0 only editing, 3 with another roleOther crew20 of 35: 13 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

35 titles, 9 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s21 · 6 acting · 19 crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 5 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 David Hartman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009)

91st percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% 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 David Hartman's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles65–91 · median 80 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 8 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian 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 Hartman work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Hartman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Cullen shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers