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Charlie Russell

Director and producer

BAFTA Award winner

Works as
Director and producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all

What are Charlie Russell's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

What they feel like to watch

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

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

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

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Tense
3
Dread
3
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

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 Charlie Russell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Charlie Russell'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

14 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Toxic Love Story(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Confessions of a Brain Surgeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Lover Stalker Killer(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Being Frank - The Frank Gardner Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Driven: The Billy Monger Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • The Trouble with Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Terry Pratchett: Back in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Beryl's Last Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2007 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 12: 10 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing2 of 12: 2 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s6 · crew

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

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2012–2019.

WinNomination
  1. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Documentary
  2. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Documentary
  3. 2012
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Single Documentary
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director: Factual

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 Charlie Russell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 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 4

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 4 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.

Who does Charlie Russell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Charlie Russell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dov Freedman shares the most, 6.

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles