Executive Producer on films like Woman of the Hour, Novocaine, Splitsville. Other production credits include To Catch a Killer, Pieces of a Woman, The Lodge, Bardo, Small Crimes and Arrival. His career spans over 25 years from an early start in music videos, emerging from niche art house to producing commercially successful films.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Quebec City, Canada
- Producer, director and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Paul Barbeau's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 10
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 8
Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 6
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 5
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
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 Paul Barbeau's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Barbeau'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, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Splitsville(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Novocaine(2025)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Woman of the Hour(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
To Catch a Killer(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Pieces of a Woman(2020)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Lodge(2019)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
We Had It Coming(2019)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
We Have Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Black Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Small Crimes(2017)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Arrival(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Autrui(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Anna(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Après la neige (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Before My Heart Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Romeo Eleven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Jo pour Jonathan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Demain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Can You Wave Bye-Bye? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Les jours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Le rouge au sol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 2005 to 2025.
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.
Awards
Nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010, Best Short Form Music Video.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Paul Barbeau's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 11 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 Paul Barbeau's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Paul Barbeau work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Barbeau's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frank Schorpion shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Frank SchorpionShared titles: To Catch a Killer (2023), Pieces of a Woman (2020), Arrival (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Frank Schorpion
- Tyrone BenskinShared titles: Splitsville (2025), Pieces of a Woman (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tyrone Benskin
- Molly ParkerShared titles: Pieces of a Woman (2020), Small Crimes (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Molly Parker
Producers
- Michael JackmanShared titles: To Catch a Killer (2023), The Lodge (2019), Arrival (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Jackman
- Milan PopelkaShared titles: To Catch a Killer (2023), The Lodge (2019), Arrival (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Milan Popelka
- Aaron RyderShared titles: Pieces of a Woman (2020), The Lodge (2019), Arrival (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Ryder
- Martin HenriShared titles: We Had It Coming (2019), Small Crimes (2017), Arrival (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Martin Henri
