Mike Downey, producer, and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), launched his independent UK production company on the Frankfurt DAX in 2009. Since then, he has produced more than 40 feature films, with producing partner Sam Taylor and company chairman Stephen Daldry. F&ME's catalogue includes UKFC funded WHITE LIGHTNIN', Saul Metzstein's GUY X, DEATHWATCH (with Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis), U.S. Academy Award nominated and Venice Golden Lion winning BEFORE THE RAIN and a slew of international co-productions written by Günter Grass, Thomas Keneally, James Ellroy and Clifford (HOAX) Irving. His award-winning South African production SON OF MAN premiered at Sundance, as did WHITE LIGHTNIN'. The film GLANCES opened the Venice Film Festival. Downey's books The Film Finance Handbooks - A Guide for European Producers are published by the MEDIA Business School. Educated in theatre at the University of Warwick, with postgraduate studies at the University of Paris III (Sorbonne) and Paris X (Nanterre), he has long taught at the MEGA European Masters programme. Being a Quondam Thomas Ewing Professor of Film (Ohio University) and a member of the Film Board of Oklahoma University, he is also President of the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia and Artistic Advisor to the Zagreb Film Festival. He works closely with Amnesty International establishing Amnesty Human Rights Awards at several international film festivals and is a consultant for USAID, the American government programme rebuilding infrastructure (film) in the Balkans. Downey has served three terms as member of the Council of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as well as one term on the BAFTA Film Committee. He is a member of the board of the Berlin Golden Bear winning (U-CARMEN) South African Theatre Company Isango along with Sir Ian McKellan and Sir Simon Rattle. Mike is particularly proud to be a trustee of the White Ribbon Foundation - an international charity which works to eradicate women dying in childbirth in the developing world. Mike Downey produced Agnieszka Holland's CHARLATAN (2020) which was in the Berlinale competition. He joined the EFA Board in 2004, was elected deputy chairman in 2014, and chairman in 2020. In 2021, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Mike Downey as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to European film.
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Biography from IMDb.
- October 1, 1959 (67)
- Producer, also actor
- 31 on Motif · 64 credits in all
What are Mike Downey's films like?
Across their 26 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their Motif 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 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 23
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 15
A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 6
Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 9
Steady 18 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 3
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 6
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 12
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 7
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous11
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 Mike Downey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 31 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- BritBox
- Film Movement Plus, show their title on Film Movement Plus
- Here TV, show their title on Here TV
- Kino Film Collection, show their title on Kino Film Collection
- Magnolia Selects, show their title on Magnolia Selects
- Strand Releasing, show their title on Strand Releasing
- Sundance Now, show their title on Sundance Now
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Downey's titles on Motif; 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
64 credits, 31 with a Motif page.
All of a Sudden(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Gorky Resort(2026)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Parallel Tales(2026)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Lo-Fi(2025)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Franz(2025)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Girls on Wire (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Cricket Dreams (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Real (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Where the Kids Have No Name (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
When the Light Breaks(2024)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
La Suprema (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Flynn(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Song of Goats (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Green Border(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Hotel Pula (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
The Rise and Fall of Comrade Zylo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Servants(2020)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Charlatan(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
How to Fake a War(2019)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Jumpman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Ruben Brandt, Collector(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Return to Montauk(2017)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Light Thereafter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
April's Daughter(2017)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Constitution (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
The Liberation of Skopje (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Monument to Michael Jackson (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
The President (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Lost in Karastan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
The Arbiter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Zigzag Kid(2012)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Sweetie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
Roadie(2011)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Parade (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
The Mortician(2011)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Our Own Oslo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Pendulum: Live At Brixton Academy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
White Lightnin'(2009)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Buick Riviera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Proyecto Dos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Quest for a Heart (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
Mystery of the Wolf (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
12 and Holding(2005)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Border Post (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
Murk(2005)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Guy X(2005)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Eleven Men Out(2005)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Mein Bruder ist ein Hund(2004)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Strings(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Loving Glances (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Deathwatch(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Falcons (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Josephine (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
Seven Days to Live(2000)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all filmsDubrovnik Twilight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
Before the Rain(1994)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsBerlinweh: Yearning for a Home (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Lady D (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Looping (not in the Motif catalog yet)
The Sun, The Moon and The Eleven Stars (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 56 titles, 52 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.
Film career
- 2002Screen debut· Deathwatch
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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Mike Downey's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 31 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Mike Downey's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs 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 Mike Downey work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Downey's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Taylor shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Agnieszka HollandShared titles: Franz (2025), Green Border (2023), Charlatan (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Agnieszka Holland
Writers
- Marek EpsteinShared titles: Franz (2025), Charlatan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Marek Epstein
- John Paul ChappleShared titles: Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008), Guy X (2005)See all 2 shared titles with John Paul Chapple
Actors
- Virginie EfiraShared titles: All of a Sudden (2026), Parallel Tales (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Virginie Efira
- Ivan TrojanShared titles: Franz (2025), Charlatan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ivan Trojan
- Josef TrojanShared titles: Franz (2025), Charlatan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Josef Trojan
- Hans MathesonShared titles: Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008), Deathwatch (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Matheson
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Pavel HrdlickaShared titles: Franz (2025), Green Border (2023), Charlatan (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Pavel Hrdlicka
- Anne SopelShared titles: How to Fake a War (2019), Guy X (2005), Deathwatch (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Anne Sopel
- Antoni LazarkiewiczShared titles: Franz (2025), Charlatan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Antoni Lazarkiewicz
- Tomasz NaumiukShared titles: Franz (2025), Green Border (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Tomasz Naumiuk
Producers
- Sam TaylorShared titles: Charlatan (2020), Servants (2020), How to Fake a War (2019), Return to Montauk (2017), Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012), The Mortician (2011), White Lightnin' (2009), Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2008), Eleven Men Out (2005), Guy X (2005), Murk (2005), Mein Bruder ist ein Hund (2004) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Sam Taylor
- Zorana PiggottShared titles: White Lightnin' (2009), Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008), Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2008), Eleven Men Out (2005), Guy X (2005), Murk (2005), Mein Bruder ist ein Hund (2004), Strings (2004)See all 8 shared titles with Zorana Piggott
- Emir Külal HazneviShared titles: All of a Sudden (2026), Parallel Tales (2026), Franz (2025), Green Border (2023)See all 4 shared titles with Emir Külal Haznevi
- Kevan Van ThompsonShared titles: Franz (2025), Charlatan (2020), Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012), Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Kevan Van Thompson
