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Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon

Composer and actor · Born August 28, 1981 (45) · West Babylon, New York, USA

Daniel Deacon (born August 28, 1981) is an American composer and electronic musician based in Baltimore, Maryland. Deacon is renowned for his live shows, where large-scale audience participation and interaction is often a major element of the performance. Since 2003, he has released five solo albums, including 2015's Gliss Riffer, released by Domino Records. His work as a film composer includes scoring the 2021 documentaries All Light, Everywhere, and Ascension, both released as soundtrack albums by Milan Records, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt (with Osvaldo Golijov). His fifth solo studio album, titled Mystic Familiar, was released January 31, 2020, on Domino. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Deacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 28, 1981 (45)
From
West Babylon, New York, USA
Works as
Composer and actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 19% in 30 days

What are Dan Deacon's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: 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
Self
30%
Society
17%
Morality
15%
Survival
11%
Power
9%
Ideas
9%
Bonds
9%
Purpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 7 · Charged 13 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 13 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
16
Tense
14
Hopeful
8
Melancholic
8
Bittersweet
6
Other
23

How their films linger

Hopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8
  • Cyclical1

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 Dan Deacon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Deacon'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

45 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Chili Finger(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Little Brother(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Haunting of Pennhurst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Time and Water(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Wizard(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • André Is an Idiot(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Task(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Mr. & Mrs. Murder(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Thinking Game(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • You Can Go Home Whenever You Want (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • The Preakness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Venom: The Last Dance(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Vitalik: An Ethereum Story(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Rez Ball(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Omnivore(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • We Can Be Heroes(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Order for Pickup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Minted(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Margie Soudek's Salt and Pepper Shakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Great Photo, Lovely Life(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • King of Clones(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Eyeballs in the Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Dear Thirteen(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hustle(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Sex Diaries(2022)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Ascension(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Strawberry Mansion(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • All Light, Everywhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Subject to Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer · as Self

  • Dirt Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • And We Go Green(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Well Groomed(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hi I Need to Be Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Growing Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Time Trial(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Rat Film(2016)

    Composer · as Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Station to Station(2015)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Unedited Footage of a Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer · as Detective Notes

  • Live Forever as You Are Now with Alan Resnick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer · Executive Producer · as Presenter

  • Twixt(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Infomercials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Presenter

  • Ultimate Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Manger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 41 titles, 39 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

$479M worldwide

Highest rated

The Dark Wizard (2026)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Film career

  • 2014Screen debut· Unedited Footage of a Bear

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 41: 2 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 41: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic39 of 41: 37 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

2000s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s11 · 3 acting · 10 crew2020s26 · 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 Dan Deacon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · composer

Dear Thirteen (2022)

97th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Dark Wizard (2026)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 56/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

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 Dan Deacon's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 72 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Dan Deacon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Deacon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Beach Nichols shares the most, 2.

Directors

Editors

Producers