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Dan Mintz

Dan Mintz

Producer, cinematographer, director and editor · New York City, New York, USA

Dan Mintz (born 1965) is an American film executive, film director, film editor, cinematographer, and film producer. He is the founder and CEO of DMG Entertainment. Mintz has also directed independent films such as Cookers (2001) and American Crime (2004). Mintz went to China for the first time in 1989 to shoot part of a TV commercial. He co-founded DMG Entertainment in 1993 with Bing Wu and Peter Xiao. The company started doing shoots for TV commercials in the early 1990s. By the early 2000s, DMG developed into a major marketing and advertising company in China, and it had offices in five cities. When Mintz arrived in China, he was a "...freelance commercial director with no contacts, no advertising experience, and no Mandarin." Initially, he flew between New York City and Beijing, but in 1993, he moved to China full time. As few Chinese directors had his US experience, Mintz was able to win commercial shooting contracts for Budweiser, Unilever, Sony, Nabisco, Audi, and Kraft, with a big success being winning the Volkswagen brand campaign for 2004 in China. Through DMG, Mintz has acquired several intellectual properties such as Valiant Comics (founded in 1989 by Jim Shooter) and The Stormlight Archive (a series of novels written by Brandon Sanderson). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Mintz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Producer, cinematographer, director and editor
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Dan Mintz's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
23%
Morality
22%
Survival
17%
Ideas
16%
Power
13%
Society
5%
Bonds
4%
Power2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 3

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

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 3

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · 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 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Thrilling
3
Dread
2
Contemplative
2
Joyful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

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 Mintz's films?

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

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Mintz'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

11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bloodshot(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Playmobil: The Movie(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Chappaquiddick(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Collide(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Point Break(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Transcendence(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Iron Man 3(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Looper(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • American Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Cookers(2001)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Harbinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 2001 to 2020.

Biggest box office

Looper (2012)

$177M worldwide

Highest rated

Looper (2012)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Point Break (2015)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 10: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing8 of 10: 8 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thCinematography2 of 10: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 10: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s1 · 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 Mintz's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · director, cinematographer, editor

Cookers (2001)

69th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Looper (2012)

Midcredits 91st · 80% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 57/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Mintz's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles37–76 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles18–49 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles45–69 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles29–57 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles50–66 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian 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 Dan Mintz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Mintz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bing Wu shares the most, 5.

Actors

Editors

Producers