Destin Daniel Cretton

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

Acting

2014

Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes

as

Self

Marvel Studios Assembled

as

Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as

Self

Production

2006

Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey

as

Naruto

as

By the Time the Sun Is Hot

as

2008

Short Term 12

as

2007

Deacon's Mondays

as

2013

I Am Not a Hipster

as

2014

Switchfoot: Close to Our Hearts, The Bro-Am Documentary

as

2017

Los

as

2022

Same Old

as

2022

Closing Dynasty

as

2023

In the Garden of Tulips

as

2025

Lucky Lu

as

Tokyo Vice

as

American Born Chinese

as

Wonder Man

as

Crew

Directing

2002

Longbranch: A Suburban Parable

as

2013

I Am Not a Hipster

as

2008

Short Term 12

as

2006

Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey

as

2013

Short Term 12

as

2017

The Glass Castle

as

Naruto

as

2006

Bartholomew's Song

as

2019

Just Mercy

as

2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

as

2007

Deacon's Mondays

as

2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

as

American Born Chinese

as

Wonder Man

as