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Saul Dibb

Director, writer and producer · London, England, UK

BAFTA Award winner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Saul Dibb (b. 1968) is the British director of Bullet Boy, for which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award, The Line of Beauty, and The Duchess. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saul Dibb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Biography from TMDB.

From
London, England, UK
Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
9 on Motif · 11 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 2% in 30 days

What are Saul Dibb's films like?

Across their 9 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Dread
5
Melancholic
5
Bittersweet
2
Contemplative
2
Other
6

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Saul Dibb's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Saul Dibb's titles on Motif; 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

11 credits, 9 with a Motif page.

  • This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • The Sixth Commandment(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • The Salisbury Poisonings(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • Dublin Murders(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • Journey's End(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • NW(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Suite Française(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Duchess(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Line of Beauty(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Creator

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • Bullet Boy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • Tottenham Ayatollah (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1997 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing11 of 11: 5 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thWriting3 of 11: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 11: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 11: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s3 · 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 3 major nominations, 2017–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Drama Series
  2. 2024
    • BAFTA Award, won · Limited Drama
  3. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Saul Dibb's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser9

Reviewers score the atmosphere 79/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Saul Dibb's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles39–75 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles19–54 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles35–78 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles36–60 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles45–79 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Saul Dibb work with?

People who share at least 2 of Saul Dibb's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rael Jones shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers