Ed Fraiman is a British filmmaker who won the Directors' Guild of Great Britain Best Newcomer Award. He learned his craft at the Polish State Film School in Lodz. He has since directed more than 70 episodes of Television in the US and UK for Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, BBC and Channel 4. Recently, Ed directed (and executive produced) 'Anaconda' the spin-off/embedded pilot for the Warner Brothers' hit show 'The 100' on CW Network. Ed was the producing director on 29 episodes of the series, directing and/or producing over a third of the 100 episodes across 7 seasons. Prior to his work on 'The 100', Ed was the producing director on Season 1 of 'Impulse' for Universal Pictures and YouTube Red. Other producing director credits include 'Secret State' starring Gabriel Byrne and Charles Dance for Channel 4. Ed directed and executive produced all episodes of the mini-series, which was nominated for an International Emmy and sold to over 40 territories worldwide. Ed's US television director credits include 5 episodes of UCP's 'Royal Pains' for USA network, 4 episodes of CBS/Paramount's 'Life Is Wild' for CW Network and Universal's 'The Philanthropist' for NBC. Ed also directed 3 episodes of the Arthurian drama 'Merlin' for NBC and BBC. UK television credits include directing the award winning procedural 'Murphy's Law' (BBC), 'A Thing Called Love' (BBC), 'Burn It' (BBC) and the critically acclaimed 'As If' (CH4). Ed also directed the TV movie adaptation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (BBC) which was nominated at the World Television Awards for Best Movie Made For Television. Ed is a partner at Bigscope Films UK where he has executive produced 5 feature films including 'Don't Hang Up', 'Pressure', 'Alien Outpost' and most recently 'The Banishing' and 'Aasha The Street Dog' which are both in post-production. Ed is a dual British and American citizen and resides with his family in Santa Monica. He is represented by the Verve Talent and Literary Agency.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director and producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Ed Fraiman's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 5
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
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 Ed Fraiman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Ed Fraiman'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
16 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Lord of Misrule(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Consecration(2023)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Banishing(2020)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Impulse(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Don't Hang Up(2016)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Pressure(2015)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Flash(2014)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The 100(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Alien Outpost(2014)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Secret State(2012)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Royal Pains(2009)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Merlin(2008)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Life Is Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
ShakespeaRe-Told(2005)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
A Thing Called Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Murphy's Law(2003)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 2001 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Consecration (2023)
Highest rated
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Most popular right now
The Banishing (2020)
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 Ed Fraiman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 17th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 36/100 in their films, across 6 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.
Is Ed Fraiman's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Ed Fraiman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ed Fraiman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Newmark shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Christopher SmithShared titles: Consecration (2023), The Banishing (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Smith
Actors
- Danny HustonShared titles: Consecration (2023), Pressure (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Huston
- Ian PirieShared titles: Consecration (2023), Pressure (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Pirie
- Ralph InesonShared titles: Lord of Misrule (2023), Secret State (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ralph Ineson
Producers
- Jason NewmarkShared titles: Consecration (2023), Lord of Misrule (2023), The Banishing (2020), Don't Hang Up (2016), Pressure (2015), Alien Outpost (2014), Secret State (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Jason Newmark
- Adam NagelShared titles: Consecration (2023), Lord of Misrule (2023), The Banishing (2020), Don't Hang Up (2016), Pressure (2015), Alien Outpost (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Adam Nagel
- Laurie CookShared titles: Consecration (2023), Lord of Misrule (2023), The Banishing (2020), Don't Hang Up (2016), Pressure (2015), Alien Outpost (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Laurie Cook
- Farah AbushweshaShared titles: Don't Hang Up (2016), Pressure (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Farah Abushwesha