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Ben Taylor

Director and producer · Born October 15, 1971 (55) · Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee

Yorkshire-born cinephile, raised on VHS John Hughes movies. One of the defining voices in contemporary British comedy, known for directing work with personality, warmth and edge, and for getting Hodor a job at KFC. Multi-award winning director of Netflix smash hit ‘Sex Education’ (Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, and lots of equally incredible shows that begin with the letter C - Cuckoo, The Circuit, Cardinal Burns, Cockroaches and Catastrophe (BAFTA nomination for Best Director.) Ben most recently directed Disney + adventure series The Ballad of Renegade Nell and Joy, a Netflix feature starring Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy which premiered at the London Film Festival.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 15, 1971 (55)
From
Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Director and producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Ben Taylor's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
35%
Morality
18%
Bonds
14%
Survival
14%
Power
8%
Society
8%
Ideas
3%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Thrilling
3
Hopeful
3
Absurd
2
Triumphant
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • 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 Ben Taylor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ben Taylor'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

11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • War(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Boroughs(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Dressed To The Nines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Joy(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Renegade Nell(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Year of the Rabbit(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Sex Education(2019)

    Show 32 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Divorce(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Circuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Catastrophe(2015)

    Show 24 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Spy(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2011 to 2026.

Highest rated

Joy (2024)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

War (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 11: 5 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing6 of 11: 1 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score71st

11 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2010s6 · crew2020s5 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2013, Best Comedy Programme.

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.

Who does Ben Taylor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ben Taylor's MovieCove titles; Alice Kremelberg shares the most, 2.