Olly Blackburn is a British film director and screenwriter, best known for his feature film debut "Donkey Punch", that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was shown in competition at festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Sitges.
Biography from TMDB.
- London, England, UK
- Director and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Known for
What are Olly Blackburn's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- 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 Olly Blackburn's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Olly Blackburn'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
12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Dangerous Liaisons(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
The Widow(2019)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Sanditon(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
StartUp(2016)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Victoria(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Glue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Kristy(2014)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Endeavour(2012)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
One hundred years of evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Vinyan(2008)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Donkey Punch(2008)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Tick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1996 to 2019.
Biggest box office
Donkey Punch (2008)
Highest rated
Sanditon (2019)
Most popular right now
Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
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 Olly Blackburn's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 34/100 in their films, across 3 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 Olly Blackburn's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Olly Blackburn work with?
People who share at least 2 of Olly Blackburn's MovieCove titles; François-Eudes Chanfrault shares the most, 3.
- François-Eudes ChanfraultShared titles: Kristy (2014), Donkey Punch (2008), Vinyan (2008)See all 3 shared titles with François-Eudes Chanfrault
- Lizzie FranckeShared titles: Donkey Punch (2008), Vinyan (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Lizzie Francke
