Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Married to actress Cate Blanchett.
Biography from TMDB.
- February 1, 1966 (60)
- Australia
- Producer, writer, actor and director
- 10 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Known for
What are Andrew Upton's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 7 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
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 Andrew Upton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Andrew Upton'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
20 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Peril at Pincer Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Fingernails(2023)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Shayda(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The New Boy(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Apples(2020)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Stateless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Manifesto(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Carol(2015)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Turning(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Gone(2006)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Stories of Lost Souls(2005)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Bangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Wedding Party(1997)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Parklands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

A Manual for Cleaning Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Peaches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Queen Bitch and the High Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Champions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

The Present Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 15 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.
Film career
- 2017Screen debut· Manifesto
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 Andrew Upton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Is Andrew Upton's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Andrew Upton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Andrew Upton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cate Blanchett shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Warwick ThorntonShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Warwick Thornton

Actors
- Cate BlanchettShared titles: Fingernails (2023), Shayda (2023), The New Boy (2023), Carol (2015), Manifesto (2015), Stories of Lost Souls (2005)See all 6 shared titles with Cate Blanchett

Editors
- Nick MeyersShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Meyers
Producers
- Coco FranciniShared titles: Fingernails (2023), Shayda (2023), The New Boy (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Coco Francini

- Georgie PymShared titles: Fingernails (2023), The New Boy (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Georgie Pym
- Kath ShelperShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kath Shelper


