Bradley Liew is a Malaysian born-Philippines based filmmaker who works as a Director, Producer and Cinematographer in both countries. In 2012, he was accepted into the Asian Film Academy of the Busan IFF where he won the Lumos Award for Outstanding Performance from celebrated Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. He is also an alumnus of the NAFF Fanastic Film School, Berlinale Talents, Tokyo Talents, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Eave Ties that Bind and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. In 2016, he completed his first feature film, a Malaysia-Philippine coproduction entitled Singing In Graveyards, which was the recipient of the Visions Sud Est Production Support Fund, the Southeast Asian Film Lab Most Promising Project Award and the Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program International Promotion Fund under Producer Bianca Balbuena. Singing In Graveyards made its world premiere in-competition at the 2016 Venice International Film Critics' Week. It went on to festivals such as Thessaloniki, Mostra Sao Paulo, Busan, Hawaii, Minsk, Singapore and won best film in both Kolkata and Malaysia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer, director and writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
What are Bradley Liew's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous4
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 Bradley Liew's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bradley Liew'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
34 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Four Seasons in Java (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Filipiñana(2026)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Magellan(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Bleat! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
This City Is a Battlefield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Cu Li Never Cries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Việt and Nam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Cold Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Nightbirds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Silig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Walay Balay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
I Am Not Big Bird(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
When the Waves Are Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Essential Truths of the Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
In My Mother's Skin(2023)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Nocebo(2022)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midnight in a Perfect World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Motel Acacia(2019)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Ma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Folklore(2018)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Season of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Doors: Team B Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Singing in Graveyards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Describe the Color Red to a Blind Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Describe The Color Red To A Blind Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Conscience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Soap Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
We Need To Break Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Speed, Glue, and Shinki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 33 titles, 32 of them dated from 2014 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Filipiñana (2026)
Highest rated
Filipiñana (2026)
Most popular right now
Folklore (2018)
By role
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 Bradley Liew's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 34/100 in their films, across 5 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 Bradley Liew work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bradley Liew's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bianca Balbuena shares the most, 5.
Actors
- Ronnie LazaroShared titles: Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors (2026), In My Mother's Skin (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Ronnie Lazaro
- Brian SyShared titles: In My Mother's Skin (2023), Motel Acacia (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Sy
Producers
- Bianca BalbuenaShared titles: Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors (2026), I Am Not Big Bird (2024), In My Mother's Skin (2023), Nocebo (2022), Motel Acacia (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Bianca Balbuena
- Annecy Cherie BautistaShared titles: I Am Not Big Bird (2024), In My Mother's Skin (2023), Folklore (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Annecy Cherie Bautista
- Patti LapusShared titles: I Am Not Big Bird (2024), In My Mother's Skin (2023), Nocebo (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Patti Lapus
- Jeremy ChuaShared titles: Filipiñana (2026), Motel Acacia (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremy Chua
Mixed roles
- Eric KhooShared titles: In My Mother's Skin (2023), Folklore (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Khoo
