John Edginton is an award-winning producer, writer and director of documentary films. He has made films for virtually every documentary strand on British TV as well as for the US channels HBO, A&E, the Sundance Channel, VH1. Notable investigative documentaries have included "Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?" for HBO - now available on itunes - and "Chappaquiddick" for the BBC and A&E . Music and arts docs include "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story" for the BBC and "Robyn Hitchcock- Sex, Food, Death ..and Insects" for the Sundance Channel and BBC4. John is also an executive producer and consultant on documentary projects .He has helped to guide projects as diverse as "Bellevue - Inside Out" for HBO and the Emmy-nominated series " Monty Python Almost the Truth - the Lawyers' Cut" for IFC channel in the US and the BBC in the UK. He was the production consultant on the BAFTA-nominated documentary ,"Freddie Mercury : The Great Pretender", shown in the Imagine series on the BBC in the UK. He is a regular speaker on the issues and process of documentary film-making at screenings, festivals and universities in the US and the UK.
Read moreShow less
Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Known for
What are John Edginton's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
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 John Edginton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for John Edginton'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
13 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Syd Barrett: Under Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Battle for the Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
When the Canaries Stop Singing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Who Killed Martin Luther King? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1967 to 2017.
How do John Edginton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 50. 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.
Who does John Edginton work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Edginton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Graham Day shares the most, 3.
Cinematographers and editors
- Graham DayShared titles: Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017), Genesis: Together and Apart (2014), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Graham Day
- Bestor CramShared titles: Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017), Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Bestor Cram
- Merril SternShared titles: Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Merril Stern
Producers
- Geoff KempinShared titles: Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (2019), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Geoff Kempin
- Terry ShandShared titles: Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (2019), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Terry Shand
- Alan RavenscroftShared titles: Genesis: Together and Apart (2014), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Ravenscroft
- Andrew WinterShared titles: Genesis: Together and Apart (2014), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Winter