Trevor Birney is a BAFTA and Emmy-nominated producer, award-winning director, and the founder of Fine Point Films. He produced Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt, which won the NEXT audience award at Sundance. In 2023, he produced the Cyndi Lauper documentary, "Let The Canary Sing" which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Previously, he produced the Critics' Choice Award-winning and Sundance hit film The Go-Go's directed by Alison Ellwood. He directed the RTÉ television documentary series, "Quinn Country" which aired in 2022. His slate also includes Emmy-nominated film No Stone Unturned directed by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney, Sundance World Competition film Gaza, Emmy-nominated Elián for CNN Films, Netflix Originals Documentary Mercury 13, George Best: All By Himself for ESPN He is also the founder of the television production company Below The Radar and the multi-award-winning investigative journalism website The Detail. He has written two books - "Quinn" which was an Irish best seller and "Shooting Crows" which was published in 2024.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, also director
- 15 on MovieCove
What are Trevor Birney's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 5
Grounded 12 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous4
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 Trevor Birney's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Trevor Birney'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
15 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Saipan(2025)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Kneecap(2024)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Bankrupt Billionaire(2023)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Murder in the Badlands(2022)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
My Name Is Bulger(2021)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Go-Go's(2020)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
An Engineer Imagines(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Killing Patient Zero(2019)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Mercury 13(2018)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Satan & Adam(2018)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Elián(2017)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 15 MovieCove titles from 2012 to 2026.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
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 Trevor Birney's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Trevor Birney work with?
People who share at least 2 of Trevor Birney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brendan J. Byrne shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Alison EllwoodShared titles: Boy George & Culture Club (2025), Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023), The Go-Go's (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Alison Ellwood
- Brendan J. ByrneShared titles: Murder in the Badlands (2022), My Name Is Bulger (2021), The Go-Go's (2020), An Engineer Imagines (2019), Mercury 13 (2018), Satan & Adam (2018), Elián (2017)See all 7 shared titles with Brendan J. Byrne
Actors
- Simone KirbyShared titles: You'll Never Believe Who's Dead (2026), Kneecap (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Simone Kirby
- Boy GeorgeShared titles: Boy George & Culture Club (2025), Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Boy George
Cinematographers
- Ryan KernaghanShared titles: You'll Never Believe Who's Dead (2026), Kneecap (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Kernaghan
- Michelle McCabeShared titles: Boy George & Culture Club (2025), Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Michelle McCabe
- Sean MullanShared titles: Bankrupt Billionaire (2023), Murder in the Badlands (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Mullan
Producers
- Andrew TullyShared titles: Boy George & Culture Club (2025), Bankrupt Billionaire (2023), Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023), Murder in the Badlands (2022), My Name Is Bulger (2021), An Engineer Imagines (2019), Elián (2017)See all 7 shared titles with Andrew Tully
- Eimhear O'NeillShared titles: Boy George & Culture Club (2025), Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023), The Go-Go's (2020), Mercury 13 (2018), Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Eimhear O'Neill
- Patrick O'NeillShared titles: You'll Never Believe Who's Dead (2026), Saipan (2025), Kneecap (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Patrick O'Neill
- Corey RussellShared titles: The Go-Go's (2020), Killing Patient Zero (2019), Satan & Adam (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Corey Russell
