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Pat Collins

Pat Collins

Director and writer · Drimoleague, County Cork, Ireland

Pat Collins is an Irish filmmaker, known both for his prolific documentary output and for his three dramatic feature films, "Silence" (2012), "Song of Granite" (2017) and "That They May Face the Rising Sun" (2023).

Biography from TMDB.

From
Drimoleague, County Cork, Ireland
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 24% in 30 days

What are Pat Collins' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
53%
Ideas
24%
Self
17%
Morality
7%
Community2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
3
Melancholic
2
Warm
2
Elegiac
2
Bittersweet
1

How their films linger

Hopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Pat Collins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on MUBI (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Pat Collins' 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

23 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bótharín (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Thanks

  • That They May Face the Rising Sun(2023)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Songs of the Open Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • The Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Henry Glassie: Field Work(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Song of Granite(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • William McKeown: Between Heaven and Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • 1916 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Living in a Coded Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer

  • Ballade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Fathom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Tim Robinson: Connemara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • What We Leave in Our Wake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Pilgrim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Cathair Chorcaí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Producer

  • Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Tory Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Talking to the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • John McGahern: A Private World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Michael Hartnett: A Necklace of Wrens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • The Aran Islands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles, 22 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.

Biggest box office

That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)

$835K worldwide

Highest rated

That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)

Midcredits 86th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing22 of 23: 16 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting4 of 23: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing2 of 23: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 23: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

23 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Pat Collins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 3 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1

Most divisive · director, writer

Song of Granite (2017)

55th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)

Midcredits 86th · 73% 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.

Who does Pat Collins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pat Collins' MovieCove titles; Tina O'Reilly shares the most, 2.