Portrait of Bernard MacLaverty

Writing

Bernard MacLaverty

Career

Active from 1974 to 2026, with a break from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 1990 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cal
Cal
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bernard MacLaverty Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.3, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

7
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 60
Midwinter Break
Midwinter Break (2026)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel, Screenplay

1990s

2 titles · average score 65
Hostages
Hostages (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Sometime in August
Sometime in August (1990)

Writer

1980s

4 titles · average score 71
Elephant
Elephant (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Lamb
Lamb (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel, Screenplay

Cal
Cal (1984)
GoodWatch score 79

Novel

My Dear Palestrina
My Dear Palestrina (1980)

Writer