---
name: "David Gordon Green"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-gordon-green"
fi1m_id: "david-gordon-green"
imdb_id: "nm0337773"
tmdb_id: 64141
wikidata_id: "Q2296698"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "9 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T11:42:18.009662+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Gordon Green

## Identity

David Gordon Green

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-gordon-green
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-gordon-green
- **IMDb ID:** nm0337773
- **TMDB ID:** 64141
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2296698
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gordon_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2296698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64141

Director and producer. Born 9 April 1975 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 9 April 1975, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Will Ferrell](https://film.one/person/will-ferrell.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 68 (1), 2020s 57 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 62 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $137m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gordon_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2296698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64141

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed*](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md) (74), [*Dickinson*](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md) (68)
- **HBO Max:** [*Eastbound & Down*](https://film.one/tv/eastbound-and-down.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Scarpetta*](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md) (50)
- **Peacock:** [*The Exorcist: Believer*](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md) (42)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Gordon Green is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 9 April 1975 in Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied film directing at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Green began his career with independent dramas including *George Washington* (2000), *All the Real Girls* (2003) and *Snow Angels* (2007). He later directed comedies such as *Pineapple Express* (2008) and *Your Highness* (2011), before returning to drama with *Prince Avalanche* (2013) and *Joe* (2014). He co-wrote and directed the *Halloween* trilogy (2018–2022) and directed and co-wrote *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023).

In 2026 he directed episodes of the series *Scarpetta* and the pilot of *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (5) — the average rests on these

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Scarpetta* (2026), Fi1m 50, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), Fi1m 42, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Screenstory, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *Dickinson* (2019), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *Eastbound & Down* (2009), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastbound-and-down.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Idiots* (2026), Fi1m 62, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/idiots.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Idiots* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/idiots.md)
- *The Hawk* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Scarpetta* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *Deepfaking Sam Altman* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Voyage Out* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Saves the World?* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Burt* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Hippo* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Nutcrackers* (2024), Director, Executive Producer
- **smiles and kisses you** (2024), Executive Producer
- *Good One* (2024), Thanks
- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Screenstory — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *Telemarketers* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Metal Monsters: The Righteous Redeemer* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Bones and All* (2022), as Brad
- *Mississippi River Styx* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Halloween Ends* (2022), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* (2022), as Director
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Director
- *Halloween Kills* (2021), Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- *The King of North Sudan* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Fatman* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Mythic Quest* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Dickinson* (2019), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Halloween* (2018), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *City of Joel* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Arizona* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Support the Girls* (2018), Thanks
- *An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Tarantula* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *There's... Johnny!* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Stronger* (2017), Director
- *Dayveon* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Flower* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Goat* (2016), Screenplay
- *Vice Principals* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Fraud* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Booger Red* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Our Brand Is Crisis* (2015), Director
- *Manglehorn* (2015), Director, Producer
- *Hot Sugar's Cold World* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Red Oaks* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Land Ho!* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow* (2014), Producer
- *Joe* (2014), Director, Producer
- *Person to Person* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Prince Avalanche* (2013), Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Comedy* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Compliance* (2012), Executive Producer
- *See Girl Run* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Nature Calls* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Sitter* (2011), Director
- *Good Vibes* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Catechism Cataclysm* (2011), Producer
- *Your Highness* (2011), Director
- *Black Jack* (2011), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Black Jack* (2011), Director
- *Eastbound & Down* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastbound-and-down.md)
- *Pineapple Express* (2008), Director
- *Shotgun Stories* (2007), Producer
- *Snow Angels* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Great World of Sound* (2007), Producer
- *Undertow* (2004), Screenplay, Director
- *All the Real Girls* (2003), Writer, Director, Story
- *George Washington* (2000), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Physical Pinball* (1998), Director, Screenplay
- *Pleasant Grove* (1997), Director, Screenplay
- *Untitled Halloween Film*, Director
- *The Happiest Place on Earth*, Director
- *Cornucopia*, Producer
- *Wildfire*, Producer
- *The Prima Donna*, Executive Producer
- *Supermax*, Director
- *Suburban Psycho*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![David Gordon Green](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-8e972b2ac214.jpg) David Gordon Green — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/David_Gordon_Green_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-David_Gordon_Green_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and crew of Nutcrackers at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-36146b7b69cc.jpg) Cast and crew of Nutcrackers at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Cast_and_crew_of_Nutcrackers_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_crew_of_Nutcrackers_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and crew of Nutcrackers at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-ac768af74ac4.jpg) Cast and crew of Nutcrackers at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Cast_and_crew_of_Nutcrackers_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_crew_of_Nutcrackers_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2013-09-02 festival deauville-56.jpg](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-87c8d6450240.jpg) 2013-09-02 festival deauville-56.jpg — isabelle VERONESE from ELBEUF, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/David_Gordon_Green.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Gordon Green](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-24bb2f23904b.jpg) David Gordon Green — Image via TMDB
- ![David Gordon Green](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-3c2baf7a19cd.jpg) David Gordon Green — Image via TMDB
- ![David Gordon Green](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-23dbf84e64b8.jpg) David Gordon Green — Image via TMDB
- ![David Gordon Green speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Halloween", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-09ede2972644.jpg) David Gordon Green speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Halloween", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/David_Gordon_Green_%2843612440172%29.jpg/1280px-David_Gordon_Green_%2843612440172%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Gordon Green speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Halloween", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/15751/gallery-cd2992472a30.jpg) David Gordon Green speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Halloween", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Gordon_Green_%2843612441782%29.jpg/1280px-David_Gordon_Green_%2843612441782%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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