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Brett Popplewell

Producer

Brett Popplewell is an Australian film and television producer. Brett has helmed production around the world; including the James Cameron's feature film Sanctum (2011) and produced the 3D feature documentary James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge. He is currently head of production for Fremantle Media Australia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 11% in 30 days

What are Brett Popplewell's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Survival
22%
Bonds
17%
Morality
14%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
4%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

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

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Hopeful
3
Dread
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous1

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 Brett Popplewell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brett Popplewell'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

22 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bay of Fires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Significant Others(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Banished(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Deepsea Challenge(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sanctum(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Daybreakers(2009)

    Second Unit First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Starter Wife(2007)

    Show 6 episodes · Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Bastard Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Salem's Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Evil Never Dies(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • BeastMaster(1999)

    Show 66 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Silver Strand(1995)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Street Fighter(1994)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Second Assistant Director

  • Heaven Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Second Assistant Director

  • Wrangler(1989)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • E Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 48 episodes · Associate Producer · Co-Producer · Line Producer · Producer

  • The Facts of Life Down Under(1987)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Thousand Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 3 episodes · Second Assistant Director

  • Melvin: Son of Alvin(1984)

    Third Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 1984 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Sanctum (2011)

$109M worldwide

Highest rated

Deepsea Challenge (2014)

Midcredits 76th

Most popular right now

The Starter Wife (2007)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing11 of 20: 11 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score17thOther crew9 of 20: 9 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score24th

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · 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 Brett Popplewell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

Evil Never Dies (2003)

76th percentile spread · 57% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Deepsea Challenge (2014)

Midcredits 76th · 69% 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 Brett Popplewell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brett Popplewell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Wight shares the most, 2.

Writers

Composers and cinematographers

Producers