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Pat O'Connor

Pat O'Connor

Director · Born January 1, 1943 (83) · Ardmore, Ireland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pat O'Connor, born in Ardmore, County Waterford, is an Irish film director. In 1982, O'Connor won a Jacob's Award for his direction of the RTÉ TV adaptation of William Trevor's short story, Ballroom of Romance starring Cyril Cusack and Brenda Fricker. It was shot near the village of Ballycroy, County Mayo. He also directed Trevor's One of Ourselves for BBC TV, again starring Cyril Cusack, and filmed in Cappoquin and Lismore, Co. Waterford. O'Connor has been married since 1990 to Oscar-nominated actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, with whom he has two sons. He directed Mastrantonio in another William Trevor film adaptation, Fools of Fortune as well as The January Man. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1943 (83)
From
Ardmore, Ireland
Works as
Director
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 40 days to Oct 26Up 69% in 30 days

What are Pat O'Connor's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
6
Romantic
5
Tense
4
Warm
2
Contemplative
3
Other
5

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1

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 Pat O'Connor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Pat O'Connor'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

16 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Private Peaceful(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Sweet November(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Dancing at Lughnasa(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Inventing the Abbotts(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Circle of Friends(1995)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Zelda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Force of Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Fools of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • The January Man(1989)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Stars and Bars(1988)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Cal(1984)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Night in Tunisia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director · Producer

  • The Ballroom of Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • Mobile Homes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 1979 to 2012.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing16 of 16: 15 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndProducing1 of 16: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s6 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Pat O'Connor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th7
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Is Pat O'Connor's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles41–57 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Pat O'Connor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pat O'Connor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerzy Zielinski shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers