Barnaby Thompson was born in 1961 in the UK. He is a producer and director, known for St. Trinian's (2007), Wayne's World (1992) and An Ideal Husband (1999).
Biography from IMDb.
- UK
- Producer and director, also writer
- 33 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Barnaby Thompson's films like?
Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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 3 · Wry 6 · Earnest 22
Light 25 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 16 · Charged 13 · Intense 3
Steady 15 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 19
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 2
Casual 23 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 26 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 28 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy18
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Barnaby Thompson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Fisherman's Friends (2019) · producer · free
- From Time to Time (2009) · producer · free
- Easy Virtue (2008) · producer · free
- Lucky Break (2001) · producer · free
- Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) · producer · free
- Alien Autopsy (2006) · producer · free
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) · director, producer · free
- Fade to Black (2006) · producer · free
- Kids in Love (2016) · producer · free
- Witness in the War Zone (1987) · producer · free
- Fisherman's Friends (2019) · producer · free
- From Time to Time (2009) · producer · free
- Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) · producer · free
- Alien Autopsy (2006) · producer · free
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) · director, producer · free
- Fade to Black (2006) · producer · free
- Kids in Love (2016) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Barnaby Thompson'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
35 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Vanished(2026)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Pixie(2020)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Fisherman's Friends(2019)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Kids in Love(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Nina(2016)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The D Train(2015)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Burke and Hare(2010)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Dorian Gray(2009)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
From Time to Time(2009)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Easy Virtue(2008)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
St. Trinian's(2007)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
I Want Candy(2007)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Alien Autopsy(2006)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Fade to Black(2006)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Imagine Me & You(2005)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Valiant(2005)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Hope Springs(2003)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Lucky Break(2001)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
High Heels and Low Lifes(2001)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Kevin & Perry Go Large(2000)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
An Ideal Husband(1999)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Spice World(1997)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Tommy Boy(1995)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Lassie(1994)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Coneheads(1993)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Wayne's World 2(1993)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Wayne's World(1992)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Dear Rosie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Career of rock legend Jimi Hendrix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Witness in the War Zone(1987)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 28 titles from 1989 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Wayne's World (1992)
Highest rated
Imagine Me & You (2005)
Most popular right now
Vanished (2026)
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
3 major nominations and no wins, 1991–2026.
- Cannes award, nominated · Documentary Prize
- Oscar, nominated · Best Short Film, Live Action
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Short Film
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 Barnaby Thompson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 32 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 33 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 31 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.
Is Barnaby Thompson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run lighter 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 Barnaby Thompson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Barnaby Thompson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Spring shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Oliver ParkerShared titles: Dorian Gray (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), St. Trinian's (2007), Fade to Black (2006), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), An Ideal Husband (1999)See all 6 shared titles with Oliver Parker
- Chris FogginShared titles: Fisherman's Friends (2019), Kids in Love (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Foggin
- Stephen SurjikShared titles: I Want Candy (2007), Wayne's World 2 (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Surjik
Writers
- Nick MoorcroftShared titles: Fisherman's Friends (2019), Burke and Hare (2010), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), St. Trinian's (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Nick Moorcroft
- Piers AshworthShared titles: Fisherman's Friends (2019), Burke and Hare (2010), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), St. Trinian's (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Piers Ashworth
- Bonnie TurnerShared titles: Tommy Boy (1995), Coneheads (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Wayne's World (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Bonnie Turner
- Terry TurnerShared titles: Tommy Boy (1995), Coneheads (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Wayne's World (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Terry Turner
Actors
- Colin FirthShared titles: Dorian Gray (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Easy Virtue (2008), St. Trinian's (2007), Hope Springs (2003), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)See all 6 shared titles with Colin Firth
- Rupert EverettShared titles: Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), St. Trinian's (2007), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), An Ideal Husband (1999)See all 5 shared titles with Rupert Everett
- Chris FarleyShared titles: Tommy Boy (1995), Coneheads (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Wayne's World (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Chris Farley
- Pip TorrensShared titles: Kids in Love (2016), Easy Virtue (2008), Valiant (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Pip Torrens
Composers and editors
- Charlie MoleShared titles: Dorian Gray (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), St. Trinian's (2007), Fade to Black (2006), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), An Ideal Husband (1999)See all 7 shared titles with Charlie Mole
- Guy BensleyShared titles: Dorian Gray (2009), Fade to Black (2006), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), An Ideal Husband (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Guy Bensley
- Rael JonesShared titles: Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (2026), Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023), Kids in Love (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Rael Jones
- Alex MackieShared titles: I Want Candy (2007), St. Trinian's (2007), Imagine Me & You (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Mackie
Producers
- James SpringShared titles: Fisherman's Friends (2019), Kids in Love (2016), Nina (2016), The D Train (2015), Burke and Hare (2010), Dorian Gray (2009), From Time to Time (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Easy Virtue (2008), I Want Candy (2007), St. Trinian's (2007), Alien Autopsy (2006) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with James Spring
- Lorne MichaelsShared titles: Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996), Tommy Boy (1995), Lassie (1994), Coneheads (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Wayne's World (1992)See all 6 shared titles with Lorne Michaels
- Sophie MeyerShared titles: Burke and Hare (2010), Dorian Gray (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Easy Virtue (2008), St. Trinian's (2007)See all 5 shared titles with Sophie Meyer
- Tim SmithShared titles: Burke and Hare (2010), Dorian Gray (2009), From Time to Time (2009), St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Easy Virtue (2008)See all 5 shared titles with Tim Smith