Portrait of Rufus Norris

Directing

Rufus Norris

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, with a break from 1991 to 2001, busiest in 2015 and 2017 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for National Theatre Live: Small Island
National Theatre Live: Small Island
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rufus Norris Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Intrigue 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
London, I Love You
London, I Love You

Director, Writer

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 78
National Theatre at Home: London Road
National Theatre at Home: London Road (2026)

Director

National Theatre Live: Nye
National Theatre Live: Nye (2024)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

National Theatre Live: Hex
National Theatre Live: Hex (2023)

Director, Musical

2010s

10 titles ยท average score 70
National Theatre Live: Small Island
National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)

Director

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes (2017)

Director

National Theatre Live: wonder.land
National Theatre Live: wonder.land (2017)

Director, Writer

My Country: A Work in Progress
My Country: A Work in Progress (2017)

Director, Writer

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016)

Stage Director

London Road
London Road (2015)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

National Theatre Live: Everyman
National Theatre Live: Everyman (2015)

Director

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015)

Director

Broken
Broken (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

2000s

1 title
Cutting Horse
Cutting Horse (2002)

as Neil Stone

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 39
Comic Act
Comic Act (1998)

as Fringe theatre director

Demon Wind
Demon Wind (1990)
GoodWatch score 39

as Harcourt

1980s

1 title
Return Fire: Jungle Wolf II
Return Fire: Jungle Wolf II (1988)

as Jim