Portrait of Asif Kapadia

Directing

Asif Kapadia

Career

Active from 1964 to 2026, with a break from 1965 to 1993, busiest in 2021 and 2024 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for 70 Up
70 Up
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Asif Kapadia Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Visually Stylized 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Longitudinal Documentary 2
  • Biographical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles ยท average score 71
70 Up
70 Up (2026)
GoodWatch score 90

Director

Super Nature
Super Nature (2026)

Executive Producer

Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Writer

2073
2073 (2024)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer, Producer

Federer: Twelve Final Days
Federer: Twelve Final Days (2024)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Director

Creature
Creature (2023)

Director, Executive Producer

The Man Who Stole the Scream
The Man Who Stole the Scream (2023)

Executive Producer

Laika
Laika (2021)

Director, Writer

2010s

10 titles ยท average score 70
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona (2019)
GoodWatch score 82

Director

Monsoon Shootout
Monsoon Shootout (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

Co-Producer

Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Supersonic
Supersonic (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

Executive Producer

The Tale of Thomas Burberry
The Tale of Thomas Burberry (2016)

Director

Amy
Amy (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer, Director

Ronaldo
Ronaldo (2015)
GoodWatch score 36

Producer

Standard Operating Procedure
Standard Operating Procedure (2013)

Director

The Odyssey
The Odyssey (2012)

Director, Producer

Senna
Senna (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 60
Far North
Far North (2008)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

Uneternal City
Uneternal City (2008)

Director

The Return
The Return (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

Director

Cinema16: British Short Films
Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Bypass
The Bypass (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

The Warrior
The Warrior (2001)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gwupigrubynudny-landians

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 57
Hotdog
Hotdog (1999)

Director

The Sheep Thief
The Sheep Thief (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room (1996)

Director

Wild West
Wild West (1996)

Producer, Director

Indian Tales
Indian Tales (1994)

Director

Pariah the Red Man
Pariah the Red Man (1994)

as The Rock (voice)