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Joe Loncraine

Director, writer and producer

Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 43% in 30 days

What are Joe Loncraine's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

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

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
9
Warm
4
Hopeful
4
Joyful
2
Tense
2

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical2

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 Joe Loncraine's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Joe Loncraine'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

16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Wild London(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Thanks

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Planète Animale : Les jeux de l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Règne animal, les jeux de l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • The Mating Game(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • The Secret Lives of Big Cats(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Magical Land of Oz(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • The Serengeti Rules(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Camera Operator · Producer · Writer

  • Attenborough's Life That Glows(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Primal Survivor(2016)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Wild Sri Lanka(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Siberian Tiger Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Maneater Manhunt(2012)

    Show Producer

  • Natural World(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • Nature(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1982 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 11: 3 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score98thWriting6 of 11: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing3 of 11: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 11: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another roleOther crew2 of 11: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Joe Loncraine's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 98th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 96th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

98thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11

Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 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.

Who does Joe Loncraine work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joe Loncraine's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Attenborough shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers