
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.
- March 16, 1971 (55)
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Director
- 5 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Known for
What are Rupert Sanders' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
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
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Foundation(2021)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Ghost in the Shell(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all filmsD-Minus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Black Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2010 to 2024.
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.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
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.
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
- Chin HanShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Chin Han

- Daniel HenshallShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Henshall

- Juliette BinocheShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Juliette Binoche

- Pilou AsbækShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Pilou Asbæk

Cinematographers and editors
- Jess HallShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jess Hall

- Neil SmithShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Smith
Producers
- Ari AradShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ari Arad
- Avi AradShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Avi Arad

- Michael CostiganShared titles: Ghost in the Shell (2017), Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Costigan
