Philip Waley is an award-winning producer who has been working in the Film and Television Industry for over 30 years. Waley from a young age wanted to get into the film industry. He got his first job as a runner aged 13 on a TV Commercial for British Caledonian Airways. He worked every possible opportunity he had ranging from TV news to commercials to post production. He went to Film School in Dorset England where he achieved BA Hons in Media Production. His first real job was in-fact in the commercial industry where he produced hundreds of commercials worldwide and won a Silver Lion at Cannes. His aim was always to do features but like many commercials was a great place to start. He left the commercial side of his career in style with a week shoot with Mclaren Formula One Team in Barcelona. He is a big F1 Fan. From there his career began in feature films and he has never looked back. Waley is the founder of Shaken Not Stirred Inc, a production company based in Los Angeles that actively engages in a diverse range of film and TV projects. He has had the pleasure of working with major studios such as Legendary, Warner Bros, Fox, Netflix, Lionsgate, Sony, and Universal. Some of his recent movies include Den of Thieves 2, To Leslie, The Red Sea Diving Resort, The Machine, Escape Room 2, The Nun, The Empty Man, Columbus Circle, Solomon Kane, Jumper, Hostel 1 & 2, Pink Panther amongst others. Furthermore, Philip Waley is a partner in Baral-Waley, a full-service production company based in Los Angeles. In recent years, Baral-Waley joined producer Richter Hartig, and together, the trio, with decades of studio, network, and indie experience between them, created Harbor Wall Productions to offer their considerable expertise and substantial resources to organizations preparing for productions worldwide. In the midst of the Covid Crisis in 2020, they produced the indie feature film To Leslie, unveiling the story of a lottery winner who has squandered her winnings. Described as a 'sad, sweet country song of a movie, with a steel-guitar twang of love and loss,' the movie brought Andrea Riseborough an Academy Award nomination for the lead role of Leslie. Currently, Philip Waley is the Executive Producer on the action thriller Den of Thieves 2, featuring renowned actors Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson, with filming taking place in the Canary Islands. The Movie is being produced by Tooley Entertainment and eOne. Within the television realm, Philip Waley has produced acclaimed works such as Joan of Arc for the Hallmark Channel, The Genius of Mozart for BBC Television, and several episodes of the award-winning series The Amazing Race. He has also served as a producer for the original Netflix series Best Worst Weekend Ever.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 16, 1972 (54)
- UK
- Producer and actor
- 28 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
What are Philip Waley's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 18
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 11
Grounded 14 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 10
Steady 5 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 5
Casual 8 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 10
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- 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 Philip Waley's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- To Leslie (2022) · producer · free
- Falling (2020) · producer · free
- The Rainbow Tribe (2008) · producer · free
- Dorfman in Love (2011) · producer · free
- Solomon Kane (2009) · producer · free
- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) · producer · free
- Warning (2021) · producer · free
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) · executive in charge of production · free
- Aliens: Zone of Silence (2017) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Philip Waley'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
32 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Strung(2026)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Tin Soldier(2025)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Den of Thieves: Pantera(2025)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Machine(2023)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
To Leslie(2022)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Malignant(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Warning(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Empty Man(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Falling(2020)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Silencing(2020)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Witcher(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Doctor Sleep(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Curse of La Llorona(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Aliens: Zone of Silence(2017)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Lea to the Rescue(2016)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Grace Stirs Up Success(2015)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Columbus Circle(2012)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Dorfman in Love(2011)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Psych:9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Solomon Kane(2009)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Rainbow Tribe(2008)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Hostel: Part II(2007)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Hostel(2005)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Running Scared(2006)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Chaplin(1992)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Compound 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Somedays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 22 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· Hostel: Part II
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 Philip Waley's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 26; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 28 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Philip Waley's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Philip Waley work with?
People who share at least 2 of Philip Waley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Friedlander shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Eli RothShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Eli Roth
Actors
- Annabelle WallisShared titles: Warning (2021), The Silencing (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Annabelle Wallis
- Jay HernandezShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Hernandez
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Paul MillspaughShared titles: Strung (2026), Grace Stirs Up Success (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Millspaugh
- Brian TylerShared titles: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021), Columbus Circle (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Tyler
- Anastas N. MichosShared titles: The Empty Man (2020), Columbus Circle (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Anastas N. Michos
- George Folsey Jr.Shared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with George Folsey Jr.
Producers
- Adam FriedlanderShared titles: Strung (2026), The Empty Man (2020), The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019), Lea to the Rescue (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Adam Friedlander
- Alan ShearerShared titles: Strung (2026), The Empty Man (2020), The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019), Lea to the Rescue (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Alan Shearer
- Gary HellersteinShared titles: Columbus Circle (2012), Dorfman in Love (2011), The Rainbow Tribe (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Gary Hellerstein
- Daniel FrischShared titles: The Rainbow Tribe (2008), Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Daniel Frisch
Mixed roles
- Eythor GudjonssonShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Eythor Gudjonsson
