STEPHEN BRADLEY (Writer/Director/Producer) Stephen was Story Producer on LAST ONE LAUGHING IRELAND, filmed in May 2023, with host Graham Norton and 10 stars of Irish Comedy. He was Series Director on THE DEIRDRE O'KANE SHOW - 5 x 1 hours of comedy and music for Sky Max in 2021, and on CLEAR HISTORY - a comedy panel show for RTE in 2020 - both for Kite Entertainment. Stephen's most recent feature film, NOBLE, won Audience Awards at 6 festivals in the USA, was selected for Cannes Cinéphiles and then released in cinemas internationally during 2015/16. The Hollywood Reporter described it as "a joyful and rousing affirmation of the human spirit that will resound widely." NOBLE was shot in Vietnam and England, starring Deirdre O'Kane (IFTA Best Actress), Brendan Coyle, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Greene (IFTA Best Supporting Actress) and Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga. Stephen wrote and directed his first short film REAPER in 1995. It was selected for Competition at the Venice Film Festival and the same year he co-produced GUILTRIP (dir. Gerry Stembridge), also screening at Venice. Stephen founded Temple Films with producer Ed Guiney and wrote and directed his first feature SWEETY BARRETT (1999) starring Brendan Gleeson, Liam Cunningham and Andy Serkis. It was selected for World Cinema at Toronto Film Festival and Official Competition in San Sebastian. Other award-winning features made by Temple Films included AILSA (dir. Paddy Breathnach) and DISCO PIGS (dir. Kirsten Sheridan). Stephen's second theatrical film as director was the comedy-horror BOY EATS GIRL (2005), starring Samantha Mumba and David Leon, which was distributed worldwide, including by Lionsgate in the USA. Stephen has also directed three feature-length documentaries, many award-winning television series for RTE, TV3 and TG4 and stand-up comedy shows for Universal, SKY and EMI. He is a Board Member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and runs drama development company Danman Films. His first book SHOOTING & CUTTING was published in October 2019 and his next feature film will be the comedy-mockumentary, FRAN THE MAN, shooting in January 2024.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, writer and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Known for
What are Stephen Bradley's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 1
Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Stephen Bradley's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Stephen Bradley'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
7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Fran: The Man(2025)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Noble(2014)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Des Bishop: Tongues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Des Bishop: "Fitting In" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Boy Eats Girl(2005)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all filmsNo, No, No (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Sweety Barrett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 1999 to 2025.
How do Stephen Bradley's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
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.
Who does Stephen Bradley work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stephen Bradley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Deirdre O'Kane shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Deirdre O'KaneShared titles: Noble (2014), Boy Eats Girl (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Deirdre O'Kane
- Mark HubermanShared titles: Noble (2014), Boy Eats Girl (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Huberman
Composers
- Stephen RennicksShared titles: Fran: The Man (2025), Boy Eats Girl (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Rennicks
