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David Attwood

Director · Born August 28, 1952 (74) · Sheffield, England, UK

David Attwood is a British filmmaker, director and writer. In 1984, he took the BBC directors' course and quickly progressed to directing feature-length television projects, but it was for Channel 4 that he made his only cinema-released film, "Wild West" (1992). The offbeat drama-doc biography by Alexander Masters "Stuart: A Life Backwards" (2007) has become a major cult-hit over the years.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 28, 1952 (74)
From
Sheffield, England, UK
Works as
Director
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all

What are David Attwood's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Bittersweet
2
Contemplative
2
Other
2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch David Attwood's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).

Subscription and free streaming for David Attwood's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

22 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Blood and Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Blood And Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • To the Ends of the Earth(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
  • May 33rd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • On Thin Ice(2003)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Fidel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Fidel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Summer in the Suburbs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Saigon Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Killing Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Airbase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Rockliffe's Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • All Together Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 1985 to 2010.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing22 of 22: 22 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1980s6 · crew1990s6 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do David Attwood's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is David Attwood's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 65 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does David Attwood work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Attwood's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rob Lane shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers