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Adrian Buitenhuis

Director, producer, writer and cinematographer

Adrian's ability to engage with people and convey their personal stories has created an intimate body of documentary work that continues to grow. Adrian has directed and produced documentaries for Sony Pictures, CBS and Vice Media among others. Since joining forces with Network Entertainment, he has directed documentaries on Pablo Escobar & Suge Knight as part of the seven-part series, Facing, for National Geographic. I Am Heath Ledger is the first of two feature-length documentaries he is directing in the I AM series this year.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Director, producer, writer and cinematographer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 38% in 30 days

What are Adrian Buitenhuis' films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady 7 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
5
Contemplative
5
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
4
Thrilling
1
Other
2

How their films end

  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Adrian Buitenhuis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Adrian Buitenhuis' 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

10 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • I Am Luke Perry(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Brats(2024)

    Additional Editing · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Anne Murray: Full Circle(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • I Am Burt Reynolds(2020)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • I Am Patrick Swayze(2019)

    Director · Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • I Am Paul Walker(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • I Am Sam Kinison(2017)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • I Am Heath Ledger(2017)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Huang's World(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2017 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 9: 4 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score93rdWriting3 of 9: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing3 of 9: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 9: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 9: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

9 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s5 · 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 Adrian Buitenhuis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 53/100 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.

Who does Adrian Buitenhuis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adrian Buitenhuis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Derik Murray shares the most, 8.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers