Tananarive Priscilla Due (born January 5, 1966) is an American author, educator and filmmaker. Due won the American Book Award for her novel The Living Blood. She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror.
Biography from TMDB.
- January 5, 1966 (60)
- Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Writer, actor and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Known for
What are Tananarive Due's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
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 Tananarive Due's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tananarive Due'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
7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Keeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Horror Noire(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Danger Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Miles Underwater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2013 to 2025.
How do Tananarive Due's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 2; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 64/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 22. 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.
Who does Tananarive Due work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tananarive Due's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kurt Sayenga shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Kurt SayengaShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Kurt Sayenga
Cinematographers and editors
- Andrew David LewisShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew David Lewis
- Bret CurryShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Bret Curry
- Caleb EmersonShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Caleb Emerson
- Daniel StrangeShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Strange
Producers
- Allison BerkleyShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Allison Berkley
- Joseph FreedShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Freed
- Lauren GrzybowskiShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Grzybowski
- Lilly Bidwell SayengaShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lilly Bidwell Sayenga
Mixed roles
- Zandashé BrownShared titles: Black Zombie (2026), Horror Noire (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Zandashé Brown
- Nathaniel ThompsonShared titles: Horror's Greatest (2024), The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Nathaniel Thompson