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Duncan Skiles

Director, producer, actor and editor

Duncan Skiles learned filmmaking in high school while producing a weekly cable access series called "BurritoVision." After moving to NYC, he made dozens of short films for the popular Waverly Films YouTube channel, leading to opportunities directing stand-up specials, commercials, and music videos. His debut feature, IFC Midnight's "The Clovehitch Killer" (2018), married his dry comedic style with a love for minimalist suspense.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Director, producer, actor and editor
Titles
5 on MovieCove

What are Duncan Skiles' films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
24%
Ideas
24%
Bonds
20%
Self
18%
Morality
8%
Society
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Absurd
1
Melancholic
2
Warm
1
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Duncan Skiles' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Duncan Skiles' 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

5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

Across their 5 MovieCove titles from 2008 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 5: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting4 of 5: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 5: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 5: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

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

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s3 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Duncan Skiles' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 3 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 Duncan Skiles work with?

People who share at least 2 of Duncan Skiles' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Veligdan shares the most, 3.

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles