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Destin Daniel Cretton

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 11/23/1978 (45) | Hawaii (United States of America (USA))
Destin Yori Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his films Short Term 12 (2013), The Glass Castle (2017), Just Mercy (2019) and the Marvel Studios film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). ()

Destin Daniel Cretton (born November 23, 1978) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He is best known for his films Short Term 12 (2013), The Glass Castle (2017) and Just Mercy (2019), all in collaboration with Brie Larson, and for directing the Marvel Studios film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). He will direct the upcoming film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2025).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Action

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Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. ...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Κ-12

2021 | 3.8/5 | 2h 12min
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding. ...

Short Term 12

Κ-15

2013 | 3.9/5 | 1h 36min
Drama
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A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories ...

The Glass Castle

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2017 | 3.6/5 | 2h 7min
Drama
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The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death des ...

Just Mercy

Κ-12

2019 | 4.0/5 | 2h 17min
Drama, Crime, History
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Movies with Destin Daniel Cretton as Actor(1)

as himself2014 Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes

TV Shows/Series with Destin Daniel Cretton as Actor(2)

as himself2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Movies with Destin Daniel Cretton as Crew(27)

Directing/Director2026 Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
Directing/Director2023 Untitled Shang-Chi Sequel
Writing/Writer2023 Untitled Shang-Chi Sequel
Directing/Director2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Writing/Screenplay2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Writing/Screenstory2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Directing/Director2019 Just Mercy
Writing/Screenplay2019 Just Mercy
Writing/Screenplay2017 The Shack
Directing/Director2017 The Glass Castle
Writing/Writer2017 The Glass Castle
Directing/Director2013 Short Term 12
Writing/Writer2013 Short Term 12
Directing/Director2013 I Am Not a Hipster
Writing/Writer2013 I Am Not a Hipster
Directing/Director2008 Short Term 12
Editing/Editor2008 Short Term 12
Writing/Writer2008 Short Term 12
Directing/Director2007 Deacon's Mondays
Writing/Writer2007 Deacon's Mondays
Camera/Camera Operator2006 Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
Directing/Director2006 Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
Editing/Editor2006 Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
Production/Producer2006 Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
Directing/Director2006 Bartholomew's Song
Directing/Director2002 Longbranch: A Suburban Parable
Writing/Writer2002 Longbranch: A Suburban Parable

TV Shows/Series with Destin Daniel Cretton as Crew(4)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Wonder Man
Directing/Director2024 Wonder Man
Production/Executive Producer2023 American Born Chinese
Directing/Director2023 American Born Chinese

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Full Name: Destin Daniel Cretton
Born: Thursday, 11/23 1978 (November) in Hawaii (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 45 years + 154 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego State University
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Destin Daniel Cretton (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Destin Cretton"
"데스틴 크리튼"
Destin Daniel Cretton frequently works together with these people:
Lowell Frank (9x, Crew)
Kevin Feige (7x, Crew)
Joel P. West (6x, Crew)
Brie Larson (5x, Actress)
Andrew Lanham (4x, Crew)
Joy Cretton (4x, Crew)
Nat Sanders (4x, Crew)
Brett Pawlak (4x, Crew)
Brad Winderbaum (3x, Crew)
Dominic Bogart (3x, Actor)
Gil Netter (3x, Crew)
Bryan Stevenson (3x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:271641, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024