Paul Currie (born 2 March 1968) is an Australian director, producer and author. His directorial work spans feature films and the staging of live events. Currie directed and produced the 2004 feature film One Perfect Day, for which he was awarded Best Debut Director from the Screen Directors' Association of Australia. He also produced the 1995 Australian action feature film Under the Gun and, in 1997, co-authored the best-selling book Heroes: A Guide to Realising Your Dreams. Currie directed the acclaimed 2000 documentary Lionheart: The Jesse Martin Story and also served as creative director for World Reconciliation Day. This live and filmed event featured Nelson Mandela and Rubin Carter. In 2005, Currie was nominated as Australian of the Year for co-founding a charity organisation called The Reach Foundation, and was the founder of the Elliot Currie Drama Studios in Melbourne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Currie (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 2, 1968 (58)
- Australia
- Producer and director
- 10 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Paul Currie's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self 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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- 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 Paul Currie's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- MovieSphere+, show their 2 titles on MovieSphere+
- Gaia, show their title on Gaia
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- Monsters and Nightmares, show their title on Monsters and Nightmares
- ViX, show their title on ViX
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Currie'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
17 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
I Play Rocky(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Better Man(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Ricky Stanicky(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Blacklight(2022)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The King's Daughter(2022)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Portal(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
2:22(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Bleeding Steel(2017)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Rampart(2011)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
twentysomething (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Every Heart Beats True: The Jim Stynes Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
One Perfect Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Lionheart: The Jesse Martin Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Under the Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Deadlocked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Empire City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 12 of them dated from 1995 to 2024.
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 Paul Currie's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 9 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 Currie's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity 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 Currie work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Currie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mario Biancacci shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Rachel GriffithsShared titles: The King's Daughter (2022), Hacksaw Ridge (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel Griffiths
- Teresa PalmerShared titles: 2:22 (2017), Hacksaw Ridge (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Teresa Palmer
Editors
- Gary WoodyardShared titles: The Portal (2019), 2:22 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Woodyard
Producers
- Mario BiancacciShared titles: I Play Rocky (2026), Better Man (2024), Blacklight (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Mario Biancacci
- Domenic BenvenutoShared titles: Better Man (2024), Blacklight (2022), Rampart (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Domenic Benvenuto
- Charlie O'CarrollShared titles: The King's Daughter (2022), 2:22 (2017), Rampart (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Charlie O'Carroll
- Garrett KelleherShared titles: The King's Daughter (2022), 2:22 (2017), Rampart (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Garrett Kelleher
