David Yarovesky (born April 26, 1980) is an American filmmaker known for directing high-concept genre storytelling, particularly in horror and thriller-adjacent worlds. His career gained momentum with The Hive (2014), where he brought a tense, cinematic approach to suspense and survival. He later expanded his signature style with Brightburn (2019), a dark reinvention of familiar superhero themes that leaned into psychological unease and escalating stakes. Yarovesky continued to build his reputation through Nightbooks (2021), directing a blend of spooky imagination and character-driven dread, and he returned to the same pulse of dread with Locked (2025), further establishing him as a director who can balance eerie atmosphere with brisk momentum.
