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Damien O'Donnell

Damien O'Donnell

Director · Born January 1, 1967 (59) · Dublin, Ireland

Born
January 1, 1967 (59)
From
Dublin, Ireland
Works as
Director
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 22% in 30 days

What are Damien O'Donnell's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
36%
Power
29%
Bonds
24%
Morality
7%
Ideas
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Bittersweet
2
Joyful
2
Warm
1
Hopeful
1
Other
3

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 Damien O'Donnell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Damien O'Donnell'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

9 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • How Was Your Day? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Writer

  • Clean Break(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
  • Rory O'Shea Was Here(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Heartlands(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • What Where (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Chrono-Perambulator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer

  • East Is East(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • 35 Aside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • He Shoots, He Scores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Line Producer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1995 to 2016.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 9: 5 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 9: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 9: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

9 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Damien O'Donnell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 3 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 Damien O'Donnell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Damien O'Donnell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ruth Jones shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers