M.J. McMahon
Producer · Born February 6, 1977 (49) · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
M J McMahon has recently directed commercials for Jaguar and what3words, with other significant directing work for Nike and Netflix. He has directed multiple short films, most notably Killing Thyme, starring Brian Cox (Succession) and Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), which won the Best Narrative Short Film Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. He served as an Executive Producer on the Netflix chart-topping sci-fi feature film T.I.M., the ephemeral film festival hit Piano to Zanskar, and the forthcoming psychological horror film Daddy's Head, set for a Halloween release on Shudder. He is also one of the co-producers of the official documentary about Nelson Mandela's life, Mandela: Troublemaker, working in conjunction with the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Prior to this, M J McMahon worked for a decade with M2 Television and Molinare, contributing to a wide selection of TV productions and feature films, culminating in his role as a Film Executive on the Oscar-winning The King's Speech. In 2011, he co-founded the London-based production company Capture. Through Capture's Film Division, he produced the BFI-backed The Man from Mo'Wax, the official documentary on underground DJ James Lavelle and DJ Shadow. This documentary world premiered at SXSW and was officially selected for MIFF, IDFA, and LFF, with over 50 film festival appearances and a UK nationwide release via Trafalgar Releasing, as well as a soundtrack release through Universal Music and Island Records.
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Biography from IMDb.
- February 6, 1977 (49)
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Producer
- 3 on MovieCove
What are M.J. McMahon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 M.J. McMahon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for M.J. McMahon'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
3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Daddy's Head(2024)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
T.I.M.(2023)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Man from Mo'Wax(2016)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2024.
How do M.J. McMahon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Broadly Agreed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed2
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 M.J. McMahon work with?
People who share at least 2 of M.J. McMahon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthew Jones shares the most, 3.
Producers
- Matthew JonesShared titles: Daddy's Head (2024), T.I.M. (2023), The Man from Mo'Wax (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew Jones
- James OwenShared titles: Daddy's Head (2024), T.I.M. (2023)See all 2 shared titles with James Owen
- Jan PaceShared titles: Daddy's Head (2024), T.I.M. (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jan Pace
- Matthew James WilkinsonShared titles: Daddy's Head (2024), T.I.M. (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew James Wilkinson
