Toby Paton

Director and producer

Toby Paton is an award winning director with ten years' experience making powerful, immersive documentaries for major broadcasters. Best known for Jo Cox: Death of an MP (2017), The Brexit Storm (2019), Max Clifford: The Fall of a Tabloid King (2021) and true crime series Anni: The Honeymoon Murder (2021). Previous work includes Surviving the Virus (2020), The Invention of Boris Johnson (2019) and Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network (2018).

What are Toby Paton's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

44%

Survival

31%

Society

15%

Self

6%

Ideas

4%

Justice3 Deception2 Grief3 Community2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

5

Dread

3

Melancholic

3

Absurd

1

Contemplative

2

Other

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 Unsettling3

How their films end

Bittersweet1
Ambiguous4
Cyclical1

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 Toby Paton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Toby Paton'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

6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

Boom Box: Beats and Betrayal(2026)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Critical: Between Life and Death(2025)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal(2024)
Show Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Anni: The Honeymoon Murder(2021)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
24 Hours in Police Custody(2014)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
An Idiot Abroad(2010)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2010 to 2026.

Highest rated

An Idiot Abroad (2010)

Midcredits 95^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing5 of 6 · 63^rdProducing2 of 6

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Toby Paton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toby Paton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Crich shares the most, 2.