Portrait of Sean Mathias

Directing

Sean Mathias

Career

Active from 1992 to 2026, with a break from 1998 to 2019, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sean Mathias Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 64
Frank and Percy
Frank and Percy (2026)

Director

Hamlet
Hamlet (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

Adaptation, Director

The One Note Man
The One Note Man (2023)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU (2020)

Director

2010s

1 title ยท average score 75
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

Stage Director

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Bent
Bent (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

Co-Producer, Director

The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 74
White Mischief
White Mischief (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gerald Portman

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dispatcher

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 71
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Dafydd

A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
GoodWatch score 68

as Irish Guards Lieutenant

How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley (1975)

TV show ยท as Lloyd