Aisling Walsh (born 1958) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Her work has screened at festivals around the world and she has won several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award for Room at the Top (2012) as well as an Irish Film and Television Award and a Canadian Screen Award for her direction of Maudie (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aisling Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1958 (68)
- Dublin, Ireland
- Director and writer, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Aisling Walsh's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous2
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 Aisling Walsh's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (3).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Aisling Walsh'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
22 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Miss Austen(2025)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Elizabeth Is Missing(2019)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Maudie(2016)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
An Inspector Calls(2015)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
A Poet in New York(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Loving Miss Hatto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Room at the Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Daisy Chain(2008)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Damage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Fingersmith(2005)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Visions of Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Song for a Raggy Boy(2003)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Little Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Forgive and Forget(2000)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Trial & Retribution(1997)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Roughnecks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Joyriders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Hostage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Ethel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Lucia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Portrait of a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 22 titles, 19 of them dated from 1985 to 2025.
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.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2006–2020.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Drama
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Mini-Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director Fiction/Entertainment
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Drama Serial
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Aisling Walsh's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 92nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 7 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 Aisling Walsh's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Aisling Walsh work with?
People who share at least 2 of Aisling Walsh's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Mackie shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Andrea GibbShared titles: Miss Austen (2025), Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Andrea Gibb
Actors
- Liv HillShared titles: Miss Austen (2025), Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Liv Hill
- Sophie RundleShared titles: Elizabeth Is Missing (2019), An Inspector Calls (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Sophie Rundle
- Sally HawkinsShared titles: Maudie (2016), Fingersmith (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Sally Hawkins
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alex MackieShared titles: Miss Austen (2025), Elizabeth Is Missing (2019), An Inspector Calls (2015), A Poet in New York (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Alex Mackie
- Dominik ScherrerShared titles: Miss Austen (2025), Elizabeth Is Missing (2019), An Inspector Calls (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Dominik Scherrer
- Bryan OatesShared titles: The Daisy Chain (2008), Fingersmith (2005), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Bryan Oates
- Martin FuhrerShared titles: An Inspector Calls (2015), A Poet in New York (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Fuhrer
Producers
- Dominic WrightShared titles: The Daisy Chain (2008), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Dominic Wright
- Tristan LynchShared titles: The Daisy Chain (2008), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Tristan Lynch