
Michael Chaves
Director · Born November 3, 1984 (41) · Los Angeles, California, U.S
Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the horror films The Curse of La Llorona (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Nun II (2023) and The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 3, 1984 (41)
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Director
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Known for
What are Michael Chaves' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Michael Chaves' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Chaves' 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
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Nun II(2023)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Curse of La Llorona(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Regen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

The Guild(2007)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsYeti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2007 to 2025.
How do Michael Chaves' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 4 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 Michael Chaves' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Michael Chaves work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Chaves' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Wan shares the most, 4.
Writers
- James WanShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 4 shared titles with James Wan

- David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrickShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)See all 2 shared titles with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

- Ian GoldbergShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Goldberg

- Richard NaingShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Naing
Actors
- Patrick WilsonShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Wilson

- Vera FarmigaShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Vera Farmiga

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Joseph BisharaShared titles: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Bishara

- Michael BurgessShared titles: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Burgess
- Peter GvozdasShared titles: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Gvozdas
Producers
- Judson ScottShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Judson Scott

- Michael ClearShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Clear

- Peter SafranShared titles: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), The Nun II (2023), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Safran

- Dave NeustadterShared titles: The Nun II (2023), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Curse of La Llorona (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Dave Neustadter
