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Scott Wheeler

Producer and director, also cinematographer and writer · Born September 11, 1968 (58) · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Scott David Wheeler is an American film director and visual effects artist known for his work in the science fiction and horror genres. He has directed films such as Transmorphers (2007) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008). Wheeler's expertise in visual effects has contributed to the distinctive look of his films, often produced within the independent film sector.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 11, 1968 (58)
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Producer and director, also cinematographer and writer
Titles
81 on MovieCove · 90 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Scott Wheeler's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 2nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 4th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy 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
Survival
60%
Bonds
17%
Society
10%
Morality
6%
Ideas
5%
Power
2%
Survival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 2

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 1

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 13 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Absurd
8
Thrilling
5
Dread
2
Manic
1
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet5

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 Scott Wheeler's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 76 of their 81 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (48).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Scott Wheeler'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

90 credits, 81 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Spread (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    VFX Supervisor

  • Magic Carpet Rides(2023)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Trap House(2023)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Teardrop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • My Missing Sister(2022)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Friends in Deadly Places(2022)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • First Person Shooter(2022)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Deadly Dance Competition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    VFX Artist

  • Fatal Memory(2022)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Love, for Real(2021)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Her Deadly Boyfriend(2021)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • One Perfect Wedding(2021)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • A Bride's Nightmare(2021)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • On the 12th Date of Christmas(2020)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Sweet Autumn(2020)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Sugar Baby Murder(2020)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Fashionably Yours(2020)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Her Secret Family Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    VFX Artist

  • Who Wants Me Dead?(2020)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Our Christmas Love Song(2019)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Merry & Bright(2019)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Missing Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Visual Effects Producer

  • My One & Only(2019)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Love Takes Flight(2019)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Kill Thy Neighbor(2019)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Love to the Rescue(2019)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Wrong Husband(2019)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Killer Reputation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Visual Effects Producer

  • The Ex Next Door(2019)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Switch(2021)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • One Winter Proposal(2019)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Instakiller(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Under the Autumn Moon(2018)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Lethal Beauty(2018)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Love in Design(2018)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Her Boyfriend's Secret(2018)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Pearl in Paradise(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Summer to Remember(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Patient(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Wrong Daughter(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • A Friend's Obsession(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • One Winter Weekend(2018)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Exchange(2017)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Independents' Day(2016)

    Drone Operator

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Switched for Christmas(2017)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Sun, Sand & Romance(2017)

    Visual Effects Producer · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Sharknado 5: Global Swarming(2017)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Love at the Shore(2017)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Fatal Defense(2017)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Twin(2016)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Sinbad and the War of the Furies(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • In the Name of Ben Hur(2016)

    Drone Operator

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Planet of the Sharks(2016)

    Camera Operator · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Attack of the Killer Donuts(2016)

    Director · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Bid(2016)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Wrong Swipe(2016)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Martian Land(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Awaken(2015)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • P-51 Dragon Fighter(2014)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Poseidon Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Defending Santa(2013)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Dracano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer

  • Sink Hole(2013)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Naughty or Nice(2011)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Dragon Wasps(2012)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Battle Force(2012)

    Camera Operator · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Celebrity Sex Tape(2012)

    Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Avalanche Sharks(2014)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Sand Sharks(2012)

    Producer · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Jabberwock Dragon Siege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Visual Effects Producer

  • Cross(2011)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Milf(2010)

    Director · Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • #1 Cheerleader Camp(2010)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Mega Piranha(2010)

    Visual Effects Producer · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Haunting of Winchester House(2009)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Land That Time Forgot(2009)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Transmorphers: Fall of Man(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus(2009)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Dragonquest(2009)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Countdown: Jerusalem(2009)

    Visual Effects Producer · as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Day the Earth Stopped(2008)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Merlin and the War of the Dragons(2008)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Sunday School Musical(2008)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Journey to the Center of the Earth(2008)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Warbirds(2008)

    Co-Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • 2012: Doomsday(2008)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Universal Soldiers(2007)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Invasion of the Pod People(2007)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Cerberus(2005)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 90 titles from 2005 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)

$1.7K worldwide

Highest rated

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)

Midcredits 7th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 90: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting9 of 90: 5 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score2ndWriting1 of 90: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing36 of 90: 29 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score18thCinematography3 of 90: 2 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew49 of 90: 45 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score11th

90 titles, 9 with more than one role — other crew and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew2010s56 · crew2020s19 · 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 Scott Wheeler's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 11th percentile, the median of all 81; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 4th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

4thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

3rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 81 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th55

Shape of the crowd

56 of their 81 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned4
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Mixed56

Most divisive · producer

Magic Carpet Rides (2023)

93rd percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

On the 12th Date of Christmas (2020)

Midcredits 81st · 76% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 28/100 and the pacing 26/100 in their films, across 13 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 Scott Wheeler's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 4 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 71 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles15–72 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 47 · 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 Scott Wheeler work with?

People who share at least 2 of Scott Wheeler's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Michael Latt shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers