Barry Hutchison is an award-winning novelist, comic book writer, and screenwriter from the Highlands of Scotland. Since 2010 Barry has written over 180 books for publishers including HarperCollins, Little Brown and Penguin, under a variety of pen names. In 2016 he formed his own publishing company, which publishes his popular Space Team comedy sci-fi series, and the multi-million selling DCI Jack Logan crime series, which he writes under the name JD Kirk. In 2024, JD Kirk was revealed to be the sixth most-read author on Kindle Unlimited of all time in the UK. For the screen, Barry wrote the majority of the Children's comedy series, "Bottom Knocker Street" - 36 of the 52 episodes - the "Kip Van Creepy: Delivery Boy" series for Dreamworks TV, and has a number of feature projects at various stages of development, both as a writer and producer.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and writer
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Barry Hutchison's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Barry Hutchison's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Barry Hutchison'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
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
California Schemin'(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
DRAGN(2025)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Grow(2025)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
SuperMansion(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2015 to 2025.
How do Barry Hutchison's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 28. 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.
Who does Barry Hutchison work with?
People who share at least 2 of Barry Hutchison's MovieCove titles; Isabelle Georgeaux shares the most, 2.
- Isabelle GeorgeauxShared titles: California Schemin' (2025), Grow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Isabelle Georgeaux
- Naysun Alae-CarewShared titles: California Schemin' (2025), Grow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Naysun Alae-Carew
