---
title: 'Destin Daniel Cretton'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film screenwriter'
  - 'film editor'
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
born: '1978-11-23'
birthplace: 'Maui'
films_in_library: 6
reviews_of_their_work: 1
fandom_rating: '7.50/10 across 1 reviews'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/destin-daniel-cretton'
updated: '2026-08-20'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destin_Daniel_Cretton'
wikidata: 'Q15972939'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Destin Daniel Cretton

film screenwriter, film editor, director, film producer, film director.

An American filmmaker from Haiku, on Maui, who moved from small-scale drama into the largest films there are — Short Term 12, The Glass Castle and Just Mercy, then Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. He has run his own production company, Hisako, since 2024.

## Notes from the fandom

Destin Daniel Cretton directed 6 films in the CinePixo library between 2013 and 2026. Credited here also as a screenwriter. Works most often with Brie Larson — 4 films together here. Start with Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), reviewed here.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2026 · [Spider-Man: Brand New Day](https://cinepixo.com/movies/spider-man-brand-new-day-2026) — Director · **7.5/10** from 1 review
- 2021 · [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings](https://cinepixo.com/movies/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-2021) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2019 · [Just Mercy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/just-mercy-2019) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2017 · [The Shack](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shack-2017) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2017 · [The Glass Castle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-glass-castle-2017) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Short Term 12](https://cinepixo.com/movies/short-term-12-2013) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here

Across everything reviewed here their work averages **7.50/10** — the plain mean of every published rating, nothing imported.

## Criticism on CinePixo

- **7.5/10** — [Nobody Remembers Peter Parker. The Movie Remembers Why We Do.](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/spider-man-brand-new-day-nobody-remembers-peter) on *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* by Marcus Reid, 2026-07-31

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/destin-daniel-cretton
Biographical facts from Wikipedia/Wikidata where linked above. Ratings and reviews are the work of this site's members.