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Andrew Bird

Editor · Born December 1, 1957 (68) · London, England, UK

Andrew Bird (born December, 1956) is a British-born film editor. He has worked mostly in the German cinema. He has edited multiple films including The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen and Head-On. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Bird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 1, 1957 (68)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Editor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 7% in 30 days

What are Andrew Bird's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
25%
Survival
17%
Society
14%
Ideas
7%
Power
7%
Morality
3%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 9

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 8 · Intense 6

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
10
Dread
5
Contemplative
6
Warm
5
Other
20

How their films linger

Hopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous3

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 Andrew Bird's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Andrew Bird'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

50 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Identitti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • Geister(2026)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Elephants in the Fog(2026)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Sense of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • The Exposure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Co-Editor

  • Masterplan – Das Potsdamer Treffen und seine Folgen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Perfect Match(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Maret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Editor

  • Berlin 1933 – Diary of a Metropolis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • Rheingold(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • A Symphony of Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Editor

  • An Impossible Project(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Berlin 1945(2020)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Narcissus and Goldmund(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Space Between the Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Editor

  • Sunset over Mulholland Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Editor

  • The Golden Glove(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • In the Fade(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Legend of the Ugly King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Editor

  • Goodbye Berlin(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • My Father's Wings(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Remainder(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Snapshot Mon Amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • The Cut(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Lovely Louise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor

  • Polluting Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • The Future(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Soul Kitchen(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • She, a Chinese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Editor

  • Terminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Editor

  • The Countess(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Edge of Heaven(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Takva: A Man's Fear of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Editor

  • Comrades in Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Editor

  • Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Editor

  • Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Cowboys & Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Visions of Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Head-On(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

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

    Editor

  • Warrior of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Editor

  • The Lovers of the Hotel Osman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Editor

  • In July (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • Gigantic(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Short Sharp Shock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Editor

  • Getürkt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Editor

  • Back in Trouble(1997)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Freddie the Dolphin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Narrator (voice)

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles, 44 of them dated from 1993 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Soul Kitchen (2009)

$18M worldwide

Highest rated

Head-On (2004)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 46: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleEditing44 of 46: 44 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

1990s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew2000s17 · crew2010s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2020s11 · 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 Andrew Bird's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 22; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · editor

The Cut (2014)

98th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Head-On (2004)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 57, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Andrew Bird's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles55–90 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles20–85 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles42–95 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles21–97 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles50–90 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Andrew Bird work with?

People who share at least 2 of Andrew Bird's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fatih Akin shares the most, 10.

Directors

  • Fatih Akin10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Fatih Akin

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers