David Robert Mitchell

Awards & Honours

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Mitchell's recognition is rooted in festival accolades and genre awards. His SXSW win put him on the map, and It Follows swept several horror-specific honors in 2015, including Best Director at the Fright Meter Awards and Best Writer/Director at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. The film's inclusion in the National Film Registry in 2020 is a rare cultural honor for a 21st-century horror film, cementing its place in American cinema history. Mitchell himself was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010, a sign of his early promise.

David Robert Mitchell receiving an award

AwardsMitchell has won several festival and critics' awards. His debut feature The Myth of the American Sleepover won a Special Jury Prize at SXSW in 2010. It Follows won Best Director at the Fright Meter Awards and Best Writer/Director at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards in 2015. He also shared in the Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film for It Follows.

Honours & Distinctions

25 New Faces of Independent Film

Filmmaker Magazine·2010

Named one of the year's most promising emerging independent filmmakers.

Rankings & Lists

#12

Best Horror Films of the 21st Century

The Guardian·2019

Best Horror Films of the 2010s

Time Out·2019

Records & Feats

Highest-grossing horror film directed by a Michigan-born filmmaker (2015)

Box Office·2015

It Follows grossed over $23 million worldwide against a $2 million budget, making it the most profitable horror film directed by a director born in Michigan at the time of its release.