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Directing · age 49

Mat Whitecross

Best rated: Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (7.9)

Films
9
Avg rating
7.27
Peak run
2009’18
7+ run
3 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Mat Whitecross, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2009 to 2018, 7.226782010201520202025Coldplay: A Head Full of … 7.9Spike Island 6.3Career avg 7.27

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Mat Whitecross's career barcodecoolhot
20069 films2026
Current formLast 5: 7.18 vs career 7.27 (−0.09)
  1. LSex & Drugs & Rock & Roll2010 · 6.5−0.8
  2. LSpike Island2012 · 6.3−1.0
  3. WOasis: Supersonic2016 · 7.8+0.5
  4. WColdplay: A Head Full of Dreams2018 · 7.9+0.6
  5. WThe Sound of 0072022 · 7.4+0.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Mat by the numbers

Average
7.27
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.28
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
21y
2006 to 2026
Total votes
45.9K
across every film
Best
7.9
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Worst
6.3
Spike Island
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2026Idols·559
2022The Sound of 0077.42,652
2018Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams7.93,635
2016Oasis: Supersonic posterOasis: Supersonic7.814,112
2012Spike Island6.34,612
2012Ashes·748
2010Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll6.54,600
2009The Shock Doctrine7.63,246
2006The Road to Guantanamo posterThe Road to Guantanamo7.411,727
Better together?

Mat Whitecross's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Mat Whitecross

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