---
name: "Carl Tibbetts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-tibbetts"
fi1m_id: "carl-tibbetts"
imdb_id: "nm3393440"
tmdb_id: 567374
wikidata_id: "Q18030304"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:29:17.604225+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Tibbetts

## Identity

Carl Tibbetts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-tibbetts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-tibbetts
- **IMDb ID:** nm3393440
- **TMDB ID:** 567374
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18030304
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18030304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3393440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567374

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Joe Barton](https://film.one/person/joe-barton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18030304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3393440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567374

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **Peacock:** [*Humans*](https://film.one/tv/humans.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carl Tibbetts is a British film and television director and writer. He began his career in editing before making his feature directorial debut with *Retreat* (2011), which he also wrote.

Tibbetts directed two episodes of the anthology series *Black Mirror* (2011): "White Bear" (2013) and the Christmas special "White Christmas" (2014). His other television directing credits include episodes of *The Tunnel* (2016), *Humans* (2016), *The Woman in White* (2018), *We Hunt Together* (2020), *The Lazarus Project* (2022–2023) and *Truelove* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, independenttalent.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *Humans* (2015), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Truelove* (2024), series, Director
- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *The Rising* (2022), series, Director
- *We Hunt Together* (2020), series, Director
- *The Feed* (2019), series, Director
- *The Woman in White* (2018), series, Director
- *Humans* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *The Tunnel* (2013), series, Director
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Director
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Popkorn (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Retreat* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Sweet Dreams*, Director, Screenplay

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