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Lorcan Finnegan

Lorcan Finnegan

Director, producer and writer · Born May 25, 1979 (47) · Dublin, Ireland

Cannes award winner

Lorcan Finnegan (born 25 May 1979) is an Irish film director. He is best known for his collaborations with screenwriter Garret Shanley, including folk horror "Without Name" (2016) and surrealist horror "Vivarium" (2019).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 25, 1979 (47)
From
Dublin, Ireland
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 29% in 30 days

What are Lorcan Finnegan's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
4
Melancholic
3
Thrilling
1
Cold
1
Other
1

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • 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 Lorcan Finnegan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Lorcan Finnegan'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

9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Surfer(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Nocebo(2022)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Vivarium(2019)

    Director · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Without Name(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Foxes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Liberties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Changes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • Defaced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2007 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 9: 3 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thWriting3 of 9: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing4 of 9: 1 only producing, 3 with another role

9 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s3 · 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.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2019.

WinNomination
  1. 2019
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated

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 Lorcan Finnegan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 31/100 in their films, across 5 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.

Is Lorcan Finnegan's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 60 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Profanity3 titlesmedian 59 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Lorcan Finnegan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lorcan Finnegan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tony Cranstoun shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers