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Kenneth Glenaan

Director and actor · Born December 2, 1961 (64) · Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Kenny is an award winning television and film director. Recent work includes the feature film Dirt Road to Lafayette by James Kelman and 6 x 1 hr thriller Acceptable Risk by Ron Hutchinson for Saffron Pictures/RTE/Canada. Previous work includes: the BAFTA and RTS winning The Cops and Buried for Tony Garnett; Gas Attack, written by Rowan Joffe for Channel 4, which won the Michael Powell Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the Courchevel Film Festival and the Best Actor Award, shared by the three lead actresses at the Cherbourg Film Festival; Summer, for Sixteen Films which won BAFTAs for best direction, best film and best actor award for Robert Carlyle at the EIFF and best film in the Alice in the Cities section of the Rome International Film Festival; Yasmin, written by Simon Beaufoy, which won the Audience Award at Dinard and the Ecumenical Award at Locarno, and several best actor awards. Other work includes: the first two parts of Charlie, a 3 x 90 political drama for RTE, which was nominated for Best Drama at the Irish Film and Television Awards; The Ark, a single TV film for Red Planet/BBC1; Paddington, a TV film for BBC 1 about the Paddington rail crash; Magnificent 7 for BBC1, a single TV film about a family on the autism spectrum, which won the Signis Prix - Festival de Television Monte Carlo; Case Histories, Spooks, Paranoid and Being Human. Kenny also directed the short documentary, The Right to Life, which was part of a portmanteau feature entitled The Ten Commandments, inspired by the UN declaration of human rights. Theatre directing includes: A Place with the Pigs by Athol Fugard, which won a fringe first, and Joe Orton's Loot, and several new plays.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 2, 1961 (64)
From
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Works as
Director and actor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 25% in 30 days

What are Kenneth Glenaan's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Survival
20%
Bonds
20%
Morality
19%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Power
3%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
3
Hopeful
2
Romantic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 Kenneth Glenaan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kenneth Glenaan'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

23 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Dirt Road to Lafayette(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Acceptable Risk(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Paranoid(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • The Ark(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Charlie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Paradise(2012)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • DCI Banks(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Case Histories(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Being Human(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Wired(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • The New Ten Commandments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Magnificent 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Yasmin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • New Tricks(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Buried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • This Is Not a Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Heaton

  • Gas Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Attachments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Duck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Hard Nut: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Silent Scream(1990)

    as Rab

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 1990 to 2018.

Highest rated

The Paradise (2012)

Midcredits 80th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 22: 3 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting19 of 22: 19 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

By decade

1990s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew2000s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2010s7 · crew

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 Kenneth Glenaan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · director

The Ark (2015)

77th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

MI-5 (2002)

Midcredits 94th · 90% liked

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 Kenneth Glenaan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kenneth Glenaan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Hayman shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers