Attended New York University. Has been awarded 8 Emmys for Outstanding Sports Editing, Directing and Producing. As an editor, Ambrosi has worked on diverse projects from comedy to music, live sports broadcast to film. As a director he has collaborated with Tom Cruise, Jay-Z, Matthew Stafford, Mac McClung, John Mellencamp, Paramount, CBS and MLB Network. He is New York based but has worked all over, including Ireland, England, Greece and all over the United States.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 27, 1975 (51)
- Van Nuys, California, USA
- Editor, producer and actor
- 21 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Derek Ambrosi's films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
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 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 6
Steady 8 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2
Casual 7 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
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 Derek Ambrosi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- Lewis Black: Black to the Future (2016) · editor · free
- Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You (2023) · editor · free
- Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020) · editor · free
- Spinning Gold (2023) · editor · free
- Insidious: The Red Door (2023) · producer, editor · free
- Mortdecai (2015) · editor · free
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Derek Ambrosi'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
26 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Psycho Killer(2026)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Cold Storage(2026)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Insidious: The Red Door(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Spinning Gold(2023)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
You Should Have Left(2020)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Sugar Town(2018)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Mortdecai(2015)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
HitRECord on TV(2014)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Taylor Swift: VH1 Storytellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Premium Rush(2012)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
VH1 Storytellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Music of the Heart(1999)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
For Love of the Game(1999)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Highest rated
David Cross: Making America Great Again (2016)
Most popular right now
Cold Storage (2026)
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 Derek Ambrosi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 21 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 27. 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 Derek Ambrosi's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
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 Derek Ambrosi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Derek Ambrosi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ben Brewer shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Ben BrewerShared titles: Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You (2023), Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020), Lewis Black: Black to the Future (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Ben Brewer
Writers
- Lewis BlackShared titles: Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You (2023), Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020), Lewis Black: Black to the Future (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Lewis Black
- David KoeppShared titles: Cold Storage (2026), You Should Have Left (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Koepp
Actors
- Georgina CampbellShared titles: Cold Storage (2026), Psycho Killer (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Georgina Campbell
Editors
- Jonathan SouleShared titles: Capsized: Blood in the Water (2019), James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018), Sugar Town (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Soule
Producers
- Jack GulickShared titles: Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You (2023), Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020), Lewis Black: Black to the Future (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Gulick
- Stephen DavidShared titles: Capsized: Blood in the Water (2019), James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018), Sugar Town (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Stephen David
- Tim W. KellyShared titles: Capsized: Blood in the Water (2019), James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018), Sugar Town (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Tim W. Kelly
- James A. SalkindShared titles: Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You (2023), Lewis Black: Thanks for Risking Your Life (2020)See all 2 shared titles with James A. Salkind
Mixed roles
- Gavin PoloneShared titles: Cold Storage (2026), Psycho Killer (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Gavin Polone
