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Toby Russell

Toby Russell

Director, producer and editor

Works as
Director, producer and editor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 18 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 42% in 30 days

What are Toby Russell's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
30%
Ideas
29%
Morality
25%
Survival
16%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
3
Tense
2
Warm
2
Thrilling
1
Elegiac
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Toby Russell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Toby Russell'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

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

  • Death Fighter(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Shaolin Dolemite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Shabazz #1 (archive footage)

  • Trinity Goes East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer · as John

  • Top Fighter 2(1996)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Producer

  • Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Producer

  • Top Fighter(1995)

    Director · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Mr. X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer · Second Unit Director

  • Cinema of Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee(1993)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Fatal Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Ops Belantara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • Dadah Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer · as Bit Part

  • Angel's Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • Death Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Writer · as Simon

  • Ninja: The Final Duel II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1986 to 2017.

Highest rated

Death Fighter (2017)

Midcredits 56th

Most popular right now

Top Fighter 2 (1996)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 18: 4 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting10 of 18: 6 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting3 of 18: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing5 of 18: 1 only producing, 4 with another roleEditing2 of 18: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 18: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

18 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · 3 acting · 1 crew1990s14 · 4 acting · 12 crew2010s1 · crew

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

How do Toby Russell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Death Fighter (2017)

68th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, editor

Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee (1993)

Midcredits 75th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 48/100 and the pacing 48/100 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 Toby Russell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toby Russell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; George Tan shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers