Brett Sullivan is a London-based Australian-British filmmaker. Born in Sydney, Australia, 1971, Sullivan formed production company Steam Motion and Sound with Julian Chow in 1996. Steam established a UK office in 2003, and a New York office in 2014 with co-founder Clayton Jacobsen.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 21, 1971 (55)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Director, producer and editor, also composer
- 12 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Known for
What are Brett Sullivan's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
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 2 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 7
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 5
Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic2
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 Brett Sullivan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Brett Sullivan'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
21 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Hadestown: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Waitress: The Musical(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Heathers: The Musical(2022)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Kinky Boots: The Musical(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Frontier(2016)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Michael Bublé - TOUR STOP 148 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
An Evening with Noel Fielding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Love Never Dies(2012)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Special When Lit(2009)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Aladdin: Live from the West End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Highest rated
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Most popular right now
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (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.
How do Brett Sullivan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 8 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 Brett Sullivan'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 Brett Sullivan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brett Sullivan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Tregoning shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Laurence ConnorShared titles: Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012), The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Laurence Connor
Writers
- Andrew Lloyd WebberShared titles: Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012), Love Never Dies (2012), The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Harvey FiersteinShared titles: Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Fierstein
- Charles HartShared titles: Love Never Dies (2012), The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Hart
Actors
- Jordan FoxShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jordan Fox
Cinematographers and editors
- David TregoningShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), Heathers: The Musical (2022), Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017), Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012), Love Never Dies (2012)See all 6 shared titles with David Tregoning
- Marko KeserShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End (2023), Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022), Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017), Love Never Dies (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Marko Keser
- Clayton JacobsenShared titles: Heathers: The Musical (2022), Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017), Love Never Dies (2012), Special When Lit (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Clayton Jacobsen
Producers
- Natalie Daniels-BrowneShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), Heathers: The Musical (2022), Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Natalie Daniels-Browne
- Naomi StevensShared titles: Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017), Love Never Dies (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Naomi Stevens
- Anne QuartShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Quart
- Thomas SchumacherShared titles: Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Schumacher
