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David Bickerstaff

David Bickerstaff

Director and writer, also editor and cinematographer · Australia

David Bickerstaff is an Australian artist and a filmmaker based in London.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Australia
Works as
Director and writer, also editor and cinematographer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 35% in 30 days

What are David Bickerstaff's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
73%
Self
16%
Society
11%
Art6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
6
Warm
3
Hopeful
1
Dread
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

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 David Bickerstaff's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Bickerstaff's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

25 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • James McNeill Whistler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Turner & Constable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Caravaggio(2025)

    Director · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Tokyo Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · as Narrator

  • Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Exhibition On Screen: Pissarro - The Father Of Impressionism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Sunflowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Van Gogh & Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Degas: Passion for Perfection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Canaletto & the Art of Venice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Michelangelo: Love and Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Renoir: Revered and Reviled(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Writer

  • Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis(2015)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Exhibition on Screen: History's Greatest Painters(2012)

    Show Director

  • Making War Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (2024)

$525K worldwide

Most popular right now

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 24: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting23 of 24: 18 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting3 of 24: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 24: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another roleEditing2 of 24: 0 only editing, 2 with another role

24 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s11 · crew2020s11 · 1 acting · 11 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do David Bickerstaff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · cinematographer

Renoir: Revered and Reviled (2016)

57th percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, editor

Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015)

Midcredits 91st · 84% liked

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 David Bickerstaff work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Bickerstaff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Phil Grabsky shares the most, 6.

Directors

Composers

Producers