David Midell
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
David Midell is director/writer/producer who was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards’ Someone to Watch prize in 2021, and began his feature filmmaking career with the autism-themed NightLights (2014), co-starring Shawna Waldron, Stephen Louis Grush, Jeff Garretson, Kate Black-Spence and Leslie Easterbrook, and produced by Play On Productions.
Midell was also director/writer/producer of the true-story drama, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019), starring Frankie Faison, Steve O’Connell, Enrico Natale, Ben Marten, Laroyce Hawkins, and Anika Noni Rose, and released by Gravitas Ventures after premiering at the Austin Film Festival.
Midell returned to feature filmmaking as director/screenwriter/story writer of the exorcism horror movie based on a true story, The Ritual (2025), starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, with Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen, Patrick Fabian, and Patricia Heaton, and released wide by XYZ Films.
Personal life
David Midell was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, by his parents.
Known For
David Midell Movies
director
Previous (2)
- 2025 |
The Ritual
Two priests -- one questioning his faith and one reckoning with a troubled past -- must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.
- 2014 |
NightLights
Erin Logan lives with and provides for her twin brother Jacob, who is severely affected by autism. After she stumbles into chances for love and friendship, she is forced to confront what it means to have a good life, and whether she can care for her brother and for herself at the... Read all
Facts About David Midell
Life Before Filmmaking: David Midell, before he turned to filmmaking, was a teacher and therapist who specialized in treating autism and cognitive conditions in adults and children.
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