Tom Hugh-Jones is a creative director, executive producer, writer and director and the key creative behind many of the most successful Wildlife shows made for the major streamers and broadcasters. Tom works for Passion Pictures and before this he spent 7 years at Plimsoll Productions and 22 years at the BBC Natural History Unit. Some of the key titles he has been responsible for include: Planet Earth II, Tiny World, Hostile Planet, A Real Bug's Life, Night on Earth and Human Planet. With 30 years' experience in television, Tom has earned an industry wide reputation for his visual flair, creative instincts and versatile storytelling skills. Throughout his career, Tom's innovative approach to filmmaking has been recognized with numerous awards including Prime time Emmys and Baftas. He is credited with reinventing the Natural History genre as the show-runner on Planet Earth II which is the top-rated television series of all time on IMDB and the most watched nature show in over 25 years.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and writer, also actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Tom Hugh-Jones' films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical6
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 Tom Hugh-Jones' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Tom Hugh-Jones' 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
19 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Wild London(2026)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Nightmares of Nature(2025)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
A Real Bug's Life(2024)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Big Beasts(2023)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
A Year on Planet Earth(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Super/Natural (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Animal(2021)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Malika the Lion Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Tiny World(2020)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Night on Earth(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Hostile Planet(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Earth: One Amazing Day(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Planet Earth II(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Life Story(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Ganges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Planet Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Terminal Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 1982 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
Highest rated
Life Story (2014)
Most popular right now
Planet Earth II (2016)
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 Tom Hugh-Jones' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 97th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 95th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed5
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 Tom Hugh-Jones work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tom Hugh-Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martha Holmes shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Bill MarkhamShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), Big Beasts (2023), Animal (2021), Night on Earth (2020), Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark (2020)See all 5 shared titles with Bill Markham
- Alex RankenShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Tiny World (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Ranken
- Robert WilcoxShared titles: Big Beasts (2023), Night on Earth (2020), Tiny World (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Wilcox
- John CapenerShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), Tiny World (2020)See all 2 shared titles with John Capener
Actors
- David AttenboroughShared titles: Wild London (2026), Planet Earth II (2016), Life Story (2014)See all 3 shared titles with David Attenborough
- Samira WileyShared titles: Night on Earth (2020), Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Samira Wiley
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Simon De GlanvilleShared titles: Wild London (2026), A Real Bug's Life (2024), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Animal (2021), Tiny World (2020)See all 5 shared titles with Simon De Glanville
- Rolf SteinmannShared titles: Big Beasts (2023), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Hostile Planet (2019), Planet Earth II (2016), Life Story (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Rolf Steinmann
- Jasha KlebeShared titles: Wild London (2026), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Animal (2021), Planet Earth II (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Jasha Klebe
- Tom WrightShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), Animal (2021), Tiny World (2020), Planet Earth II (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Tom Wright
Producers
- Martha HolmesShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), Big Beasts (2023), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Animal (2021), Night on Earth (2020), Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark (2020), Tiny World (2020), Hostile Planet (2019)See all 8 shared titles with Martha Holmes
- Grant MansfieldShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), Big Beasts (2023), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Tiny World (2020), Hostile Planet (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Grant Mansfield
- Adrian SeymourShared titles: A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Animal (2021), Night on Earth (2020), Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark (2020), Hostile Planet (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Adrian Seymour
- Joe HopeShared titles: A Real Bug's Life (2024), A Year on Planet Earth (2022), Tiny World (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Joe Hope