David Robert Mitchell

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: It Follows (2014); Under the Silver Lake (2018); The Myth of the American Sleepover. Count them as writer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Witch (2015): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through It Follows (2014), which they directed: It Follows ⇒ The Witch (the host's read). It Follows is a precursor to The Witch in the rise of the term elevated horror, a phrase both hosts distrust.
“I think is an interesting precursor to the witch because that's when we started hearing what I think is kind of an ugly phrase, which is elevated horror”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:44:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

director, It Follows (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)
director, Under the Silver Lake (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)
director, The Myth of the American Sleepover (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)
director and writer, Under the Silver Lake (The Big Picture, The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview)

Writing (1) everyone in writing

director and writer (writing half), Under the Silver Lake (The Big Picture, The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (people): Under the Silver Lake → David Robert Mitchell. Mitchell is specific about mood and references, all on the page, and the film is knowingly meta.
“David is so specific in what he wants to create, the mood he wants to create”
The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:52:30 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about David Robert Mitchell: Garfield guesses Mitchell enjoys being the architect watching viewers decode his film like mice.
“he likes being the architect watching the, the mice scurry around.”
The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:59:46 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)