Rachel Tunnard is a writer, director and editor. Her first feature, Adult Life Skills was nominated for six BIFAs (British Independent Film Awards) and won two. It also won the ‘Nora Ephron Prize’ at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, ‘Best Debut Screenwriter’ from the Writers Guild, the ‘Accession Award’ for Screenwriting at the East End Film Festival and was nominated for ‘Best Debut Feature Film’ by the London Critics Circle.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- Editor, writer and director
- 4 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Rachel Tunnard's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · 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 Rachel Tunnard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Rachel Tunnard'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
15 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Military Wives(2019)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Adult Life Skills(2016)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Emotional Fusebox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Shell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Rule of Thumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Fixing Luka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Send Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Skeletons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
I'll Be Right Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Native Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
PS Your Mystery Sender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Little Ashes(2008)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Kill Kill Faster Faster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
A Woman in Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2007 to 2023.
Awards
Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2015, Best British 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 Rachel Tunnard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 49, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Rachel Tunnard's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.