David A. Siegel (born May 3, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois; died April 5, 2025) was an American actor, producer, and businessman of Jewish descent who grew up in Miami after his family moved there in 1945. He graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1953 and studied marketing at the University of Miami before dropping out. He founded Mystery Fun House in Orlando in 1976 and became the founder of Westgate Resorts, owning the largest single-family home in the United States (86,000 sq ft) in Southern Florida. He was married three times — to Geraldine Florence Sanstrom (1961–1968), Betty Tucker (1970–1997), and Jackie Siegel (2000–2025) — and had twelve children. He died of cancer at age 89. His acting credits are limited: a Crime Scene Detective in Held for Ransom (2000, with Dennis Hopper and Randy Spelling), a Policeman in Night Terror (2002, which he also produced), and an appearance as himself in the documentary The Queen of Versailles (2012, directed by Lauren Greenfield). Following the death of his daughter Victoria in 2015 from an accidental drug overdose, he and his wife Jackie founded the Victoria's Voice Foundation to raise awareness about the opioid crisis.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 3, 1935
- April 5, 2025 (aged 89)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Producer, director and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are David Siegel's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous4
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 Siegel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for David Siegel'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, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Man I Love(2026)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Atropia(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Friend(2024)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Cheap Hugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Montana Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Let Them All Talk(2020)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
What Maisie Knew(2012)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Uncertainty(2008)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Bee Season(2005)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Deep End(2001)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Suture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Birds Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
System of Colors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1989 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Deep End (2001)
Highest rated
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Most popular right now
The Friend (2024)
Film career
- 2020Screen debut· Let Them All Talk
By role
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
5 major nominations and no wins, 1994–2001.
- Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
- Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
- Cannes award, nominated
- Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
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 David Siegel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 9 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.
Who does David Siegel work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Siegel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Scott McGehee shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Scott McGeheeShared titles: The Man I Love (2026), Atropia (2025), The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021), What Maisie Knew (2012), Uncertainty (2008), Bee Season (2005), The Business of Strangers (2001), The Deep End (2001)See all 9 shared titles with Scott McGehee
Actors
- Owen TeagueShared titles: The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Owen Teague
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Giles NuttgensShared titles: The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021), What Maisie Knew (2012), Bee Season (2005), The Deep End (2001)See all 5 shared titles with Giles Nuttgens
- Peter NashelShared titles: Uncertainty (2008), Bee Season (2005), The Deep End (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Nashel
- Madeleine GavinShared titles: Atropia (2025), What Maisie Knew (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Madeleine Gavin
- Isaac HagyShared titles: The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Isaac Hagy
Producers
- Mike SpreterShared titles: The Man I Love (2026), Atropia (2025), The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Mike Spreter
- Becky GlupczynskiShared titles: The Friend (2024), Uncertainty (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Becky Glupczynski
- Kathleen ShannonShared titles: The Friend (2024), Montana Story (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kathleen Shannon
- Mike TopoozianShared titles: The Friend (2024), Bee Season (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Mike Topoozian