---
name: "Joe Wright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-wright"
fi1m_id: "joe-wright"
imdb_id: "nm0942504"
tmdb_id: 36588
wikidata_id: "Q118817"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "25 August 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T13:44:50.604077+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."
---

# Joe Wright

## Identity

Joe Wright

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-wright
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-wright
- **IMDb ID:** nm0942504
- **TMDB ID:** 36588
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118817
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36588

Director and writer. Born 25 August 1972 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 25 August 1972, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Joseph Wright
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Paul Webster](https://film.one/person/paul-webster.md), [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Ben Mendelsohn](https://film.one/person/ben-mendelsohn.md), [Matthew Macfadyen](https://film.one/person/matthew-macfadyen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 66 (5), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 4, History 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $610m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36588

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mussolini: Son of the Century*](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md) (80), [*Charles II: The Power and The Passion*](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **HBO Max:** [*Pan*](https://film.one/film/pan.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film and television director. He began his career directing music videos and television series, including the miniseries *Nature Boy* (2000) and episodes of *Bob & Rose* (2001). He won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series for the BBC serial *Charles II: The Power and the Passion* (2003).

Wright made his feature directorial debut with the period drama *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), for which he received a BAFTA award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Subsequent films include *Atonement* (2007), *Hanna* (2011), *Anna Karenina* (2012), *Pan* (2015), *Darkest Hour* (2017), *Cyrano* (2021) and *The Woman in the Window* (2021). He has directed the *Black Mirror* episode "Nosedive" (2016) and the series *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025). He has been nominated for six BAFTA Film Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Directed (9) — the average rests on these

- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), Fi1m 80, Creator, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *Cyrano* (2021), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Pan* (2015), Fi1m 38, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, Director, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Locke* (2014), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *I Love Boosters* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)
- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *The Agency* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Widow Clicquot* (2024), Producer
- *Cyrano* (2021), Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *Princess & Peppernose* (2021), Director
- *The Woman in the Window* (2021), Director
- *Swallow* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Pan* (2015), Director — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Locke* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/locke.md)
- *Hummingbird* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/anna-karenina.md)
- *Long Walk Home* (2012), Thanks
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Hanna* (2011), Director
- *The Soloist* (2009), Director
- *Atonement* (2007), Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, Director, Creator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Bodily Harm* (2002), series, Director
- *Bob & Rose* (2001), series, Director
- *Nature Boy* (2000), series, Director
- *Renegade TV Gets Dazed* (1998), Director
- *The End* (1998), Director
- *Crocodile Snap* (1997), Director
- *Poison Ivy* (1985), as Jerry Disbro
- *Juice*, Director
- *In the Garden of Beasts*, Director
- *Brood*, Producer
- *Alignment*, Director
- *Laird*, series, Executive Producer, Director

## Gallery

- ![Joe Wright](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-a067df0517eb.jpg) Joe Wright — DavidDjJohnson at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Joe_Wright.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosamund Pike with then fiance director Joe Wright at the premiere of Atonement, Toronto Film Festival 2007](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-569b6991ae86.jpg) Rosamund Pike with then fiance director Joe Wright at the premiere of Atonement, Toronto Film Festival 2007 — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Atonement6_%286882384510%29.jpg/1280px-Atonement6_%286882384510%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gary Oldman & Joe Wright at "Darkest Hour" Paris Premiere (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-90be85ad79cd.jpg) Gary Oldman & Joe Wright at "Darkest Hour" Paris Premiere (2017) — FR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Darkest_Hour_-_Gary_Oldman_%26_Joe_Wright_%28Paris_Premiere%29.jpg/1280px-Darkest_Hour_-_Gary_Oldman_%26_Joe_Wright_%28Paris_Premiere%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Wright speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pan", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to G](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-67ff3676de35.jpg) Joe Wright speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pan", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to G — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Joe_Wright_%2819522224649%29.jpg/1280px-Joe_Wright_%2819522224649%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Wright speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pan", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to G](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-dfd34786199c.jpg) Joe Wright speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pan", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to G — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Joe_Wright_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Joe_Wright_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rosamund Pike with then fiance director Joe Wright at the premiere of Atonement, Toronto Film Festival 2007](https://film.one/media/person/46754/gallery-d91e666b9d8a.jpg) Rosamund Pike with then fiance director Joe Wright at the premiere of Atonement, Toronto Film Festival 2007 — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rosamund_Pike_with_then_fiance_director_Joe_Wright_at_the_premiere_of_Atonement%2C_Toronto_Film_Festival_2007_-5.jpg/1280px-Rosamund_Pike_with_then_fiance_director_Joe_Wright_at_the_premiere_of_Atonement%2C_Toronto_Film_Festival_2007_-5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Darkest Hour*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2013: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Anna Karenina*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2008: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Atonement*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2006: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Pride & Prejudice*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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