Portrait of Chris Petit

Directing

Chris Petit

Career

Active from 1979 to 2026, with a break from 2015 to 2025, busiest in 1998 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
GoodWatch score70/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Experimental Documentary 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
D Is for Distance
D Is for Distance (2026)

Director, Writer

2010s

3 titles
The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)

Director

Unnatural History
Unnatural History (2014)

as Narrator (voice)

Content
Content (2010)

Director

2000s

5 titles
Unrequited Love
Unrequited Love (2006)

Director, Writer

Displacements
Displacements (2006)

Cinematography

London Orbital
London Orbital (2002)

Director

The Carfax Fragment
The Carfax Fragment (2001)

Director

Asylum
Asylum (2000)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

10 titles
Negative Space
Negative Space (1999)

Director

The Falconer
The Falconer (1998)

Director, Director of Photography

Radio On Remix
Radio On Remix (1998)

Director

Dead TV
Dead TV (1998)

Director

Maggid Street
Maggid Street (1998)

Director of Photography

Rudy Wurlitzer
Rudy Wurlitzer (1994)

Director

Surveillance
Surveillance (1993)

Director

The Cardinal and the Corpse
The Cardinal and the Corpse (1992)

Director, Writer

Suburbs in the Sky
Suburbs in the Sky (1991)

Director

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard (1990)

Director

1980s

5 titles · average score 63
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Chinese Boxes
Chinese Boxes (1984)

Director, Screenplay

Flight to Berlin
Flight to Berlin (1984)

Writer, Director

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The Telephone
The Telephone (1981)

Director

1970s

1 title · average score 62
Radio On
Radio On (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director