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Rupert Sanders

Rupert Sanders

Director · Born March 16, 1971 (55) · Westminster, London, England, UK

Directors Guild Award nominee

Rupert Miles Sanders (born 16 March 1971) is an English film director. Sanders directed the films Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Ghost in the Shell (2017), and The Crow (2024). He also directed the pilot episode of the Apple TV+ science fiction series Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1971 (55)
From
Westminster, London, England, UK
Works as
Director
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all

What are Rupert Sanders' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
37%
Morality
33%
Bonds
13%
Power
9%
Ideas
9%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Warm
1
Romantic
1
Dread
1
Other
2

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 Rupert Sanders' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Rupert Sanders' 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

7 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Crow(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Foundation(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Ghost in the Shell(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • D-Minus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Idea

  • Black Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2010 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 6: 3 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 6: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 6: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

6 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s2 · 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 Directors Guild Award in 2009, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.

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 Rupert Sanders' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 33/100 in their films, across 3 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 Rupert Sanders' 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 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 62 · 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 Rupert Sanders work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rupert Sanders' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chin Han shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers