- Films
- 5
- Avg rating
- 7.63
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
7.63
4 rated films
Vote weighted
7.68
bigger films count more
Median
7.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
12y
2015 to 2026
Total votes
79.2K
across every film
Best
8.1
My Octopus Teacher
Worst
7.0
Shark Whisperer
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough | 8.0 | 2,337 |
| 2025 |  Shark Whisperer | 7.0 | 2,269 |
| 2020 |  My Octopus Teacher | 8.1 | 72,820 |
| 2017 | Rise of the Warrior Apes | · | 348 |
| 2015 | Jago: A Life Underwater | 7.4 | 1,396 |
Better together?
James Reed's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Reed
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2021Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
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