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Jenny Popplewell

Director, producer and writer

BAFTA Award nominee

Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
3 on Motif · 6 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 3% in 30 days

What are Jenny Popplewell's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Dread
2
Melancholic
2
Cold
1
Contemplative
1

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 Jenny Popplewell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Jenny Popplewell's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

6 credits, 3 with a Motif page.

  • A Deadly American Marriage(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Motif score: 65th percentile of all films
  • What Jennifer Did(2024)

    Director · Writer

    Motif score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Rich & Shameless (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 15 episodes · Director

  • The Crime Against Pam & Tommy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Motif score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2011 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 6: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 6: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 6: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2021, Single Documentary.

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 Jenny Popplewell's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Motif score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 45. 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 Motif 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.

Who does Jenny Popplewell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jenny Popplewell's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Simon Barker shares the most, 2.

Composers and editors

Producers