--- name: "Philip Barantini" canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-barantini" fi1m_id: "philip-barantini" imdb_id: "nm0053028" tmdb_id: 191750 wikidata_id: "Q21002577" roles: ["Director","Producer"] born: "13 July 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "director" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-07T15:30:41.942395+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." --- # Philip Barantini ## Identity Philip Barantini - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-barantini - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** philip-barantini - **IMDb ID:** nm0053028 - **TMDB ID:** 191750 - **Wikidata ID:** Q21002577 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Barantini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21002577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191750 Director and producer. Born 13 July 1980 in Liverpool, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Producer - **Born:** 13 July 1980, Liverpool, England, UK - **Active:** 2001–present - **Also known as:** Phil Barantini, 필립 바란티니 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 4 acting, 3 directing, 1 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Stephen Graham](https://film.one/person/stephen-graham.md) - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 89 (1), 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 80 (5) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 84 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Barantini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21002577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191750 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Adolescence*](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md) (84) - **Apple TV:** [*The Responder*](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md) (84) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boiling Point*](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Philip Barantini > Philip Barantini is at his strongest when a long take makes us attend to someone in distress. We rate the patience and the performances, though the writing can explain more than those performances need. In the opening interrogation of *Adolescence* (2025), a question has to be heard and an answer waited for. Philip Barantini allows no cut to ease the strain of watching a child being questioned. We were frightened by the questioning because there was no brief escape into another scene. Cinematographer Matthew Lewis makes the continuity oppressive, yet leaves us watching the people rather than admiring the difficulty of keeping the camera running. His first feature, the crime thriller *Villain* (2020), came before the breakthrough of *Boiling Point* (2021). For the latter, he drew on a decade spent working as a chef and directed the action in one continuous take. The *Boiling Point* series (2023) extended the film into television. With *Adolescence*, he applied the single-take approach to each of four episodes, making sustained attention to people under stress the basis of a whole series. Barantini's recurring collaboration with Stephen Graham matters as much as the technique. In *Adolescence*, Graham and fellow writer Jack Thorne use the accusation against a child to examine the pressures on boys and how little adults may understand them. That is difficult material to keep from becoming a lecture, and the programme sometimes explains its concerns too insistently. Barantini's direction keeps attention on the distress of the people involved, even when the dialogue becomes too instructive. The performances give us good reason to stay through the discomfort. The risk is that a long take becomes a test we watch the crew pass rather than a scene we feel. *Adolescence* largely avoids that trap because waiting for an answer is itself uncomfortable; the camera does not have to invent an extra source of tension. We would not want every subject treated this way, and technical difficulty alone would not persuade us to stay. Start with *Adolescence*, but leave it for an evening when discomfort is welcome. ## Biography Philip Barantini is a British director, producer, screenwriter and former actor. Born in Liverpool, he began his career acting in television series including *Dream Team* and *Band of Brothers* (2001), later appearing in *Chernobyl* (2019) and *The Responder* (2022). He transitioned to directing with short films, including the BIFA-nominated *Boiling Point* (2019). His feature debut *Boiling Point* (2021), co-written with James Cummings and starring Stephen Graham, was filmed in a single continuous take. He directed episodes of *The Responder* (2022) and the BBC series adaptation of *Boiling Point* (2023), again collaborating with Graham. Barantini directed the Netflix miniseries *Adolescence* (2025), created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham and also shot in one-take style. He has received a BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction and two Primetime Emmy Awards for the series. He is attached to direct *Enola Holmes 3* (2026). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rts.org.uk, variety.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) ### Performed in (4) - *Time* (2021), Fi1m 82, as Floyd Walker — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md) - *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as Bezpalov — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md) - *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), Fi1m 45, as IT Man — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md) - *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, as Wayne A. (Skinny) Sisk — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) ### Directed (3) — the average rests on these - *Adolescence* (2025), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md) - *The Responder* (2022), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md) - *Boiling Point* (2021), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md) ### Produced (1) - *Wasteman* (2026), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wasteman.md) ## Complete filmography (34) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Enola Holmes 3* (2026), Director - *Wasteman* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/wasteman.md) - *ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran* (2025), Director, Executive Producer - *Adolescence* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md) - *Accused* (2023), Executive Producer, Director - *Boiling Point* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director, Creator - *Malpractice* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director - *A Violent Man* (2022), as John Morgan - *The Responder* (2022), series, as Steve, Simon · Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md) - *Boiling Point* (2021), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md) - *Time* (2021), series, as Floyd Walker — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md) - *Villain* (2020), Director, Executive Producer - *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Bezpalov — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md) - *Stop and Search* (2019), as Terry (Policeman) - *Boiling Point* (2019), Director - *Seconds Out* (2019), Director - *Nightshooters* (2018), as Chad · Supervising Producer - *World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen* (2015), as Liam - *Cryptic* (2014), as John Jonas - *Young, High and Dead* (2013), as John - *Hard Boiled Sweets* (2012), as Dean - *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), series, as IT Man — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md) - *The Boys & Girl from County Clare* (2003), as Alex - *Ned Kelly* (2003), as Steve Hart - *The Escapist* (2002), as Joey - *The American Embassy* (2002), series, as Jason - *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Wayne A. (Skinny) Sisk — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) - *Dream Team* (1997), series, as Billy O'Neil - *The Last Drop*, Director - *Untitled Ernest Shackleton Film*, Director, Producer - *Rabbit, Rabbit*, series, Director, Executive Producer - *A Bostonian*, Director - *Hell Jumper*, Director, Producer - *The Getaway*, Director, Producer ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won - 2025: Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special (won), for *Adolescence* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/philip-barantini