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Directing

Ed Bye

Career

Active from 1982 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ed Bye Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    3.2, average 6.0
  • Psychological
    3.1, average 5.5
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Melancholy
    2.4, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cringe Humor 3
  • British Sitcom 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • British Comedy 3
  • British Sketch Comedy 2
  • Character-Driven Humor 2
  • Physical Comedy 2
  • Nostalgic Appeal 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Cult Classic Status 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2024)

Director

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2023)

Director

Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)

Director

2010s

10 titles · average score 59
Dial M for Middlesbrough
Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)

Director

Death on the Tyne
Death on the Tyne (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

300 Years of French & Saunders
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)

Director

Ruby Wax - Sane New World
Ruby Wax - Sane New World (2017)

Director

Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)

Director

An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse (2015)

Director

Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

A Conversation With JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe
A Conversation With JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe (2011)

Director

Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

2000s

9 titles · average score 31
French & Saunders: Still Alive
French & Saunders: Still Alive (2008)

Director

Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII
Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII (2005)

Thanks

Fat Slags
Fat Slags (2004)
GoodWatch score 24

Director

Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV
Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV (2004)

Thanks

Red Dwarf A–Z
Red Dwarf A–Z (2003)

Director, Producer

Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III
Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III (2003)

Thanks

More Great Comedy Moments
More Great Comedy Moments (2003)

Director

Kevin & Perry Go Large
Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
GoodWatch score 38

Director

French & Saunders - Live
French & Saunders - Live (2000)

Director

1990s

7 titles · average score 81
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' (1999)

Director

Can't Smeg Won't Smeg
Can't Smeg Won't Smeg (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Producer

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island (1997)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
Eddie Izzard: Definite Article (1996)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs
Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs (1995)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Producer

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer, Director

Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special (1992)
GoodWatch score 89

Director