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Nick Ball

Writer

Works as
Writer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Nick Ball's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
57%
Survival
24%
Bonds
19%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Absurd
3
Thrilling
1

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 Nick Ball's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Nick Ball'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

7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Over Your Dead Body(2026)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Trip(2021)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • The Wrong End of the Stick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Malcolm

  • Cat Run(2011)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Barman

  • Deathrow-mance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • War Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 7 titles, 5 of them dated from 1993 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 7: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting5 of 7: 5 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2010s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2020s2 · crew

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

How do Nick Ball's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
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

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 1 is Crowd Pleaser.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 51, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Nick Ball's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Nick Ball work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nick Ball's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Niven shares the most, 3.

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Producers