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Neil Landau

Neil Landau

Writer, also producer · Born December 19, 1962 (63) · USA

Neil Landau was born on 19 December 1962 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Tad: The Lost Explorer (2012), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) and Capture the Flag (2015).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 19, 1962 (63)
From
USA
Works as
Writer, also producer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all

What are Neil Landau's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 0

Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Casual 8 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
7
Thrilling
7
Warm
3
Hopeful
4
Absurd
2
Other
5

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet2

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 Neil Landau's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Neil Landau'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

17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 1991 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing12 of 13: 12 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thProducing1 of 13: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s6 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s3 · 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 Neil Landau's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Neil Landau's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles26–43 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 34 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 20 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 39

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 Neil Landau work with?

People who share at least 2 of Neil Landau's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Javier López Barreira shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers