From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Malcolm Mowbray (1949 - 2023) was a British screenwriter and television and film director. Mowbray began his career in television, directing episodes of Premiere, BBC2 Playhouse, and Objects of Affection. In 1984 he turned to feature films with A Private Function, which he directed and co-wrote with Alan Bennett, with whom he shared the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay. Additional credits include Crocodile Shoes, Out Cold, Cadfael, Pie in the Sky, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Sweet Revenge, and Monsignor Renard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Malcolm Mowbray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 24, 1949
- June 23, 2023 (aged 73)
- Knebworth, England, UK
- Director and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Malcolm Mowbray's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 1
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 4
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Malcolm Mowbray's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Malcolm Mowbray'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
16 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Meeting Spencer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Monsignor Renard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Revengers' Comedies(1998)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Virgin in the Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Mystery!: Cadfael(1994)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all showsOnce Upon A Time In The North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Pie in the Sky(1994)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
The Boyfriend School(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Out Cold(1989)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
A Private Function(1984)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Objects of Affection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Our Winnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Days at the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Hanging Around (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 1974 to 2010.
Biggest box office
A Private Function (1984)
Highest rated
A Private Function (1984)
Most popular right now
The Boyfriend School (1990)
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 Malcolm Mowbray's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 55, detractors 28. 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 Malcolm Mowbray work with?
People who share at least 2 of Malcolm Mowbray's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Liz Smith shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Liz SmithShared titles: The Revengers' Comedies (1998), A Private Function (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Liz Smith
Cinematographers and editors
- Barrie VinceShared titles: The Revengers' Comedies (1998), A Private Function (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Barrie Vince
- Tony Pierce-RobertsShared titles: Out Cold (1989), A Private Function (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Pierce-Roberts
Producers
- Mark ShivasShared titles: The Revengers' Comedies (1998), A Private Function (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Shivas
- Chris ColesShared titles: The Boyfriend School (1990), Out Cold (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Coles
- Derek GibsonShared titles: The Boyfriend School (1990), Out Cold (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Derek Gibson
- George G. BraunsteinShared titles: The Boyfriend School (1990), Out Cold (1989)See all 2 shared titles with George G. Braunstein