Richard Kirby

Cinematographer and director, also writer

Works as: Cinematographer and director, also writer
Titles: 17 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are Richard Kirby's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Ideas

44%

Self

17%

Survival

17%

Bonds

10%

Society

10%

Power

2%

Nature9 Purpose4 Survival6 Family bonds3 Community3 Hope2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

12

Joyful

6

Warm

4

Hopeful

4

Tense

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Hopeful14 Thought-provoking6 Feel-good4 Rousing2

How their films end

Happy3
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous2
Cyclical7

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 Richard Kirby's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Also on these channels

BBC Select2 titles, show their 2 titles on BBC Select
MagellanTV2 titles, show their 2 titles on MagellanTV
XiveTV Documentaries2 titles, show their 2 titles on XiveTV Documentaries

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Kirby'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

27 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

The Dinosaurs(2026)
Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Life on Our Planet(2023)
Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Kangaroo Valley(2022)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Our Great National Parks(2022)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
A Perfect Planet(2021)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Night on Earth(2020)
Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Tiny World(2020)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Our Planet(2019)
Show 1 episode · Camera Operator · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer(2019)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life(2017)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Attenborough's Paradise Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Camera Operator
Colombia: Wild Magic(2015)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Wildest Islands(2012)
Show 9 episodes · Director · Camera Operator · Camera Supervisor · Cinematographer · Writer
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Wildest Latin America(2012)
Show 5 episodes · Director · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Wildest Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show Creator
L'Afrique des paradis naturels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 13 episodes · Director · Creator
Ganges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Additional Photography
Ant Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Additional Photography
The Life of Mammals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 1 episode · Additional Photography · Camera Operator
The Blue Planet(2001)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Wild Africa(2001)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Camera Operator
The Life of Birds(1998)
Show 2 episodes · Additional Photography · Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Attenborough in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Cinematographer
Attenborough in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 7 episodes · Camera Department Manager
The Trials of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Cinematographer
The Trials of Life(1990)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1990 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Colombia: Wild Magic (2015)

$4.5M worldwide

Highest rated

A Perfect Planet (2021)

Midcredits 99^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing2 of 18Cinematography8 of 18 · 88^thOther crew11 of 18

18 titles, 3 with more than one role — other crew and cinematography overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s4 · 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.

Who does Richard Kirby work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richard Kirby's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martin Elsbury shares the most, 5.

Directors

Huw Cordey2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Huw Cordey
Bill Markham2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Bill Markham
Colin Collis2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Colin Collis

Writers

David Attenborough4 titles · 3 as writer See all 4 shared titles with David Attenborough