Portrait of Ross MacGibbon

Directing

Ross MacGibbon

Career

Active from 1971 to 2026, with a break from 1972 to 1996, busiest in 2019 with 12 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for National Theatre Live: All My Sons
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ross MacGibbon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6
  • Mystery
    1.7, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Ballet Performance 9
  • Classical Music 9
  • Classical Ballet 8
  • Visual Spectacle 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Visually Stunning 5
  • Dance 4
  • Grand Spectacle 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Romantic Tragedy 3
  • World Immersion 3
  • Family-Friendly 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
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Score
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2020s

13 titles · average score 76
English National Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty
English National Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty (2026)

Director

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (2025)

Director

Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version (2024)

Director

Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate (2023)

Director

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty (2023)

Director

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
The Royal Ballet: Cinderella (2023)

Director

Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet
Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet (2023)

Director

Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! (2022)

Director

Anything Goes
Anything Goes (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty (2020)

Director

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard (2020)

Director

2010s

51 titles · average score 77
National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

National Theatre Live: All My Sons
National Theatre Live: All My Sons (2019)
GoodWatch score 84

Director

42nd Street
42nd Street (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

An American in Paris: The Musical
An American in Paris: The Musical (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (2018)

Director

National Theatre Live: Hangmen
National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

National Theatre Live: Medea
National Theatre Live: Medea (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre (2013)

Director

Swan Lake
Swan Lake (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

Director

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans (2012)

Director

2000s

22 titles · average score 75
Carlos Acosta: Spartacus
Carlos Acosta: Spartacus (2008)

Director

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg (2007)

Director

Giselle
Giselle (2006)

Director

Sylvia (Royal Ballet)
Sylvia (Royal Ballet) (2005)

Director

Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! (2003)

Director

Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg (2003)

Director

Stravinsky: The Firebird and Les Noces
Stravinsky: The Firebird and Les Noces (2002)

Director

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (2001)

Director

The Car Man
The Car Man (2001)

Director

La Belle Hélène
La Belle Hélène (2000)

Director

Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet) (2000)

Director

Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker
Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker (2000)

Director

1990s

4 titles
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Director

Nureyev Unzipped
Nureyev Unzipped (1998)

Director

Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf (1997)

Director

The Joffrey Ballet: Billboards - Music By Prince
The Joffrey Ballet: Billboards - Music By Prince (1994)

Editor

1970s

1 title
Stories from a Flying Trunk
Stories from a Flying Trunk (1979)

as Pea