Born on October 14, 1973, in London, England, Rowan Joffé is a celebrated English screenwriter and director known for his distinctive blend of psychological depth and suspense. The son of famed director Roland Joffé and producer Jane Lapotaire, Rowan started his career honing his craft in television, later making a powerful mark in film and TV dramas.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1973 (53)
- London, England
- Writer, director and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Rowan Joffe's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
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 0 · Earnest 8
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 8
Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 7
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
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 Rowan Joffe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Rowan Joffe'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
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Nocturne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Ballad of a Small Player(2025)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Locked In(2023)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Informer(2019)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Tin Star(2017)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Before I Go to Sleep(2014)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Brighton Rock(2010)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The American(2010)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
28 Weeks Later(2007)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all filmsSecret Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Afternoon Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Last Resort(2000)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2000 to 2025.
Biggest box office
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Highest rated
Last Resort (2000)
Most popular right now
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
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.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 3 major nominations, 2002–2009.
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Director Fiction/Entertainment
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best New Writer
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Rowan Joffe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. 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 Rowan Joffe's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Rowan Joffe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rowan Joffe's MovieCove titles; Jenny Borgars shares the most, 2.
- Jenny BorgarsShared titles: Before I Go to Sleep (2014), Brighton Rock (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jenny Borgars