Paul Sen is a documentary film director and executive producer. He started hi career at the BBC and worked for and with all the major UK broadcasters on a diverse range of subjects. In 2008, he set up a production company, Furnace TV.
Biography from TMDB.
- Producer and director
- 10 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Paul Sen's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Paul Sen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Everything and Nothing (2011) · producer · free
- The Secret Life of Chaos (2010) · producer · free
- Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022) · producer · free
- Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017) · producer · free
- The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014) · producer · free
- Pop! The Science of Bubbles (2013) · director, producer · free
- Curiosity Stream
Subscription and free streaming for Paul Sen'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
21 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Secrets of the Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Amazing Gravity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Codebreaker(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Order and Disorder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Gene Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Everything and Nothing(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Secret Life of Chaos(2010)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Atom(2007)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Bollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Dispatches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
From Castration to Cure: How Scientists Discovered Hormones With Brutal Experimentation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 17 of them dated from 1987 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012)
Highest rated
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012)
Most popular right now
Atom (2007)
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 Paul Sen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
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 Paul Sen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul Sen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andy Jackson shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Tim UsborneShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014), Atom (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Usborne
- Nic StaceyShared titles: Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012), Codebreaker (2011), Everything and Nothing (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Nic Stacey
- Andrew SmithShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Smith
Actors
- Jim Al-KhaliliShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014), Everything and Nothing (2011), Atom (2007)See all 5 shared titles with Jim Al-Khalili
- Ian StewartShared titles: Codebreaker (2011), Everything and Nothing (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Stewart
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Andy JacksonShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017), The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass (2014), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014), Pop! The Science of Bubbles (2013), Codebreaker (2011), Everything and Nothing (2011)See all 7 shared titles with Andy Jackson
- Fayyaz VirjiShared titles: The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass (2014), Pop! The Science of Bubbles (2013), Atom (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Fayyaz Virji
- John MoratielShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass (2014)See all 2 shared titles with John Moratiel
- Semeon OgryzkoShared titles: Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Semeon Ogryzko
Producers
- James SandyShared titles: The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass (2014), Pop! The Science of Bubbles (2013), Everything and Nothing (2011)See all 3 shared titles with James Sandy
- Richard MillingtonShared titles: Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Millington
- Claire JustinShared titles: The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass (2014), The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Claire Justin