Jeymes Samuel (born 27 July 1979), also known by his stage name The Bullitts, is a British singer-songwriter, music producer, and filmmaker. His debut album, They Die By Dawn & Other Short Stories..., was issued in 2013. The Harder They Fall, released in 2021, was his feature film directorial debut, which won him the 2021 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer. Samuel initially embarked on a career in filmmaking, having shot his first reels at the age of eight. However, he began making music at the age of 13. In 2010, Samuel began uploading "FlixTapes" to YouTube under the pseudonym The Bullitts, named in honour of the 1968 film Bullitt; this was a series of videos in which he added new vocals to his favourite movie and television themes. The first episode, titled "Tales of the Unexpected," was released on November 14, 2010. "Close Your Eyes," the lead single from his then-upcoming album, premiered in April 2011. The single features narration by American actress Lucy Liu and a verse from American rapper Jay Electronica. Its music video is a re-imagining of the Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel film, Un Chien Andalou. In May 2011, the album's second single, "Landspeeder," was released. "Landspeeder" was later included on the original motion picture soundtrack to the British 2011 slasher film Demons Never Die. He issued "Weirdo" in July 2011, a short piece starring Jesse Williams. In it, two young lovers in paper-bag masks spend a day on the streets of London before robbing a newsagent during a declaration of love. For the song "Run and Hide" by Jay Electronica, he directed a film noir in Paris, based around the actress Elisa Lasowski. Samuel played at The Big Chill music festival on 6 August 2011; he was joined onstage by Liu, Electronica, and English actor Idris Elba. In late 2012, he was handpicked by Baz Luhrmann and Jay-Z to be an executive music consultant for the soundtrack to the film The Great Gatsby (2013). In early 2013, Samuel wrote, directed, and scored the short film titled They Die By Dawn, with an all-star cast that includes Michael K. Williams, Erykah Badu, Isaiah Washington, Jesse Williams, and Rosario Dawson. The film is set in Langston, Oklahoma, in 1890 and is a gun-slinging, black cowboy western. Samuel's first album under the moniker The Bullitts is titled They Die By Dawn & Other Short Stories... and was released on 9 July 2013. The album was produced entirely by himself and features guest appearances from Jay Electronica, Lucy Liu, Mos Def, Rosario Dawson, Doxi Jones, and Tori Amos. In 2021, he directed and co-wrote The Harder They Fall, a revisionist western starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, and RJ Cyler. The film, which was initially titled The Notorious Nine, was in development for several years. Samuel's older brother is Henry Samuel, better known as Seal. His mother, Adebisi Ogundeji, is Nigerian, and his father, Francis Samuel, is Afro-Brazilian. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Bullitts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 27, 1979 (47)
- London, England, UK
- Director, producer, composer and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Jeymes Samuel's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · 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 Jeymes Samuel'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 Jeymes Samuel'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
7 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
The Book of Clarence(2023)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Harder They Fall(2021)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Arctic Dogs(2019)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
They Die by Dawn(2013)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Streets of Rage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Teddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 4 of them dated from 2013 to 2024.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 2 major nominations, 2022.
- BAFTA Award, won · Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Song
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 Jeymes Samuel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 4 titles is Divisive.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 3 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 Jeymes Samuel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeymes Samuel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; LaKeith Stanfield shares the most, 2.
Actors
- LaKeith StanfieldShared titles: The Book of Clarence (2023), The Harder They Fall (2021)See all 2 shared titles with LaKeith Stanfield
- RJ CylerShared titles: The Book of Clarence (2023), The Harder They Fall (2021)See all 2 shared titles with RJ Cyler
Editors
- Tom EaglesShared titles: The Book of Clarence (2023), The Harder They Fall (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Eagles
Producers
- James LassiterShared titles: The Book of Clarence (2023), The Harder They Fall (2021)See all 2 shared titles with James Lassiter
- Jay-ZShared titles: The Book of Clarence (2023), The Harder They Fall (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jay-Z
