Thomas Michael Keneally (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Keneally, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 7, 1935 (91)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Writer and actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Thomas Keneally's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Thomas Keneally's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Thomas Keneally's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Jehanne d'Arc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Final Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Schindler's List(1993)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Silver City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Schindler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Screenplay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Gossip from the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Devil's Playground(1976)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Libido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 1973 to 2007.
Highest rated
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Most popular right now
An Oral History of: Schindler's List (2018)
Film career
- 1977Screen debut· The Devil's Playground
How do Thomas Keneally's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Thomas Keneally work with?
People who share at least 2 of Thomas Keneally's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fred Schepisi shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Fred SchepisiShared titles: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Devil's Playground (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Schepisi
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Brian KavanaghShared titles: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Devil's Playground (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Kavanagh
- Bruce SmeatonShared titles: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Devil's Playground (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Smeaton
- Ian BakerShared titles: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Devil's Playground (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Baker
