Biography
Destin Yori Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker best known for directing the drama films Short Term 12 (2013), The Glass Castle (2017), and Just Mercy (2019), as well as the Marvel Studios films Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Destin Daniel Cretton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
Director
The fourth installment in the Spider-Man franchise, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Plot TBA.
Lucky Lu
2025
Producer
A delivery driver in New York City discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many years apart, Lu must contend with a commu...
In the Garden of Tulips
2023
Executive Producer
Amidst the 1988 war, Caroline takes a car ride with her father to the Iranian countryside of Birjand.
Closing Dynasty
2022
Executive Producer
On a school day, a seven year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes ways to make money on the streets of New York City.
Same Old
2022
Executive Producer
After his e-bike is stolen, a food delivery driver in New York City comes to terms with the fragility of his life in America.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
Screenplay, Screenstory, Director
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
Just Mercy
2019
Director, Screenplay
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — includin...
The Glass Castle
2017
Director, Writer
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, ingen...
Los
2017
Producer
Written by three juvenile inmates facing life sentences, "LOS" is a loss of innocence story that follows twelve-year-old Chris as he discovers that sm...
The Shack
2017
Screenplay
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
Switchfoot: Close to Our Hearts, The Bro-Am Documentary
2014
Producer
San Diego-based, Grammy-award-winning rock band Switchfoot gave four local teen filmmakers behind-the-scenes access to their 10th annual Bro-Am surf c...
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
2014
as Self
A behind the scenes from film Short Term 12
Short Term 12
2013
Director, Writer
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 ...
I Am Not a Hipster
2013
Director, Writer, Producer
Things are not looking good for Brook, a young, talented singer/songwriter who has become the clichéd tortured artist. Slow to come to terms with the ...
Short Term 12
2008
Writer, Director, Editor
A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watc...
Deacon's Mondays
2007
Producer, Director, Writer
Deacon lives in a fantastical world of snowing feathers, hailing golf balls and incredible guilt. After a petty accident begins to haunt him, the lone...
Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
2006
Director, Producer, Editor
A coming of age saga about a 14-year old boy whose life alternates between the medieval fantasy kingdom of Adria and the real world trials of a challe...
Bartholomew's Song
2006
Director
In a society strict with repetition, Bartholomew's discovery of a music box leads to him embarking on a small journey to break the system.
Longbranch: A Suburban Parable
2002
Director, Writer
A cowboy, a blind man, and a guy in a red sweater all mix together in this didactic recipe of hamburger, ketchup and suicide.
Naruto
N/A
Director, Producer, Writer
An outcast in a village of ninjas sets out to become the leader and strongest warrior of his home.
By the Time the Sun Is Hot
N/A
Producer
Staged as a classic-era Bible epic, a celebrated bride discovers she is incapable of bearing children, while her cousin, a struggling farmer, harbours...