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Hamish Hamilton

Hamish Hamilton

Director and producer · Born April 8, 1966 (60) · Blackpool, England, UK

2 Primetime Emmys · BAFTA Award winner · 2 other major award bodies

Hamish Hamilton is a British multi camera and award winning director. He has directed the Super Bowl halftime show annually since 2010. He has also directed the Academy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hamish Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 8, 1966 (60)
From
Blackpool, England, UK
Works as
Director and producer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 98 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 155 days to Oct 26Up 12% in 30 days

What are Hamish Hamilton's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Genres

Music7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Music movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Family4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Family movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Short2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Short movies

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

share of theme weight
Society
49%
Self
18%
Ideas
18%
Bonds
10%
Morality
2%
Power
2%
Survival
2%
Community16 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame7 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAging2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 24 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 6

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 14 · Charged 8 · Intense 4

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

Steady 25 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 25 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
23
Warm
12
Triumphant
8
Hopeful
5
Absurd
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy22
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Hamish Hamilton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hamish Hamilton'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

98 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Nikki Glaser: Good Girl(2026)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • BTS: The Comeback Live - Arirang(2026)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX Halftime Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • TikTok in the Mix(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Christmas at Graceland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna(2023)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Lizzo: Live in Concert(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration(2022)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Broadcast Producer

  • The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Queen Family Singalong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special(2020)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Disney Holiday Singalong(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Disney Channel Summer Singalong(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2(2020)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Disney Family Singalong(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Little Mermaid Live!(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • My Dad Wrote a Porno(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Flight of the Conchords: Live in London(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • One Love Manchester(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Shanghai Disney Resort Grand Opening Gala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Peter Gabriel - Back to Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • David Bowie Is Happening Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: Take the Crown Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • London 2012 Olympic Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Russell Brand: Scandalous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Stevie Wonder: Live at Last (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Josh Groban - Awake Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics - Live and Down Under(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Amy Winehouse: I Told You I Was Trouble - Live In London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The Rolling Stones - The Biggest Bang: Zilker Park, Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Coldplay: How We Saw The World – Live in Toronto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • David Gray: LIVE in Slow Motion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • U2: Vertigo 05 - Live from Milan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Rammstein: Völkerball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Simply Red: Cuba! (Recorded Live At El Gran Teatro, Havana) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Peter Gabriel: Still Growing Up, Live & Unwrapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • U2: Vertigo 2005 - Live from Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: Live In Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Eminem: Live from New York City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Whitesnake: Live in the Still of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • One Night One Star: Usher Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Evanescence: Anywhere But Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Norah Jones and The Handsome Band: Live in 2004 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Phil Collins: Finally... The First Farewell Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Show: A Night In The Life of Matchbox Twenty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Britney Spears: Live from Miami (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: What We Did Last Summer - Live at Knebworth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Live at Knebworth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Avril Lavigne: My World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: The Robbie Williams Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Jennifer Lopez in Concert(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Party in the Park 1999 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Usher: Evolution 8701 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • Bryan Adams: Live at Slane Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: Live at the Albert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • One Night with Robbie Williams(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Kylie Minogue: Live In Sydney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Party in the Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • The Corrs - Live in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Robbie Williams: Where Egos Dare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Oasis: Live from Bruxelles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Spice Girls: The Live One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Melanie C: Northern Star Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Rammstein - Live aus Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Space Cadets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • MTV Europe Music Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • The Grammys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Oscars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Peter Gabriel: Growing Up - Live & Unwrapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Whitesnake: Live... In the Still of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 97 titles, 95 of them dated from 1953 to 2026.

Highest rated

BTS: The Comeback Live - Arirang (2026)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing93 of 97: 81 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thWriting2 of 97: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing14 of 97: 4 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

97 titles, 12 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1950s2 · crew1970s1 · crew1990s11 · crew2000s45 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s21 · 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.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys and a BAFTA Award from 26 major nominations, 2003–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials
  3. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Entertainment Programme
  4. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials
  5. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  6. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
  7. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
  8. 2016
    • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials
  2. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
  3. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Director: Multi-Camera
  4. 2003
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Long Form Music Video

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Hamish Hamilton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive5
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · producer

Disney Channel Summer Singalong (2020)

99th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

BTS: The Comeback Live - Arirang (2026)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 57/100 in their films, across 16 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.

Who does Hamish Hamilton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hamish Hamilton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Guy Harding shares the most, 17.

Directors

  • James B. Merryman6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with James B. Merryman

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

  • Guy Harding17 titles    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Guy Harding
  • James Collett10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with James Collett
  • Dylan Sanford4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Dylan Sanford
  • Keyan Safyari4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Keyan Safyari

Producers

  • Raj Kapoor9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Raj Kapoor
  • Melanie Fletcher8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Melanie Fletcher
  • Katy Mullan7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Katy Mullan
  • Tim Kubit6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Tim Kubit

Mixed roles