David Robert Mitchell (born October 19, 1974)[1] is an American film director and writer.

He received significant recognition as a director after completing his second feature, the critically acclaimed horror film It Follows (2014).

[5][6] Mitchell served as a jury member in the Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

[7] In 2018, he directed Under the Silver Lake, a postmodern noir comedy-drama film set in Los Angeles and starring Andrew Garfield.

[8] In October 2023, it was announced that a sequel, entitled They Follow, was in pre-production with writer-director David Robert Mitchell and star Maika Monroe returning.