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Daniel Battsek

Daniel Battsek

Producer · Born January 1, 1958 (68) · Stoke, UK

Daniel Battsek (born in 1958) is an English film producer and executive, and former director of Film4. Previously, he was president of Cohen Media Group, Miramax Films and National Geographic Films.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1958 (68)
From
Stoke, UK
Works as
Producer
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 24% in 30 days

What are Daniel Battsek's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Bonds
20%
Society
14%
Survival
13%
Morality
13%
Power
9%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 9 · Dark 25

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 17 · Intense 18

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 10

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 10

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 24

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 17 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 14

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
27
Dread
13
Contemplative
13
Bittersweet
11
Other
38

How their films linger

Bittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous15
  • Other1

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 Daniel Battsek's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Battsek'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

57 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page.

  • Ali G: Who Iz I?(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hot Milk(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hard Truths(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • We Live in Time(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Kinds of Kindness(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Beautiful Game(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Love Lies Bleeding(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Wicked Little Letters(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • All of Us Strangers(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Zone of Interest(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Poor Things(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Occupied City(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Nezouh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • The Son(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Living(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • A Gaza Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • I Came By(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Brian and Charles(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Boxing Day(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Encounter(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Mothering Sunday(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Last Night in Soho(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Electrical Life of Louis Wain(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Everybody's Talking About Jamie(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Wildfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Censor(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Dream Horse(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Earwig(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Passing(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Father(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Saint Maud(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dirt Music(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Limbo(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • How to Build a Girl(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Rocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • True History of the Kelly Gang(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Day Shall Come(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Greed(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Fighting with My Family(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Favourite(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Widows(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Peterloo(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Little Stranger(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Spiral(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cold War(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • American Animals(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Disobedience(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Lean on Pete(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut(2015)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • My Old Lady(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Switch(2010)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Stoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 55 titles, 54 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

$163M worldwide

Highest rated

The Father (2020)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing54 of 55: 54 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stOther crew1 of 55: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s20 · crew2020s34 · crew

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 Daniel Battsek's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · producer

Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026)

99th percentile spread · 68% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Father (2020)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

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 Daniel Battsek's work okay for kids?

Across up to 33 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore31 titles11–85 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity33 titles10–72 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity32 titles23–85 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs31 titles28–61 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense31 titles14–81 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Daniel Battsek work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Battsek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ollie Madden shares the most, 27.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers