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Head Gear Films

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Phil co-founded Head Gear in 2002. In a pre digital universe he was a photographer working with such bands as Big Audio Dynamite. He sporadically dusts off his Hasselblad and keeps meaning to change his name to Punk Rock Warlord.

From their site

Images from Head Gear Films’s own website.

Who works there

  • International SalesDirector at Altitude Film, based in London

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websiteheadgearfilms.com
Emailcontact@headgearfilms.com
Social
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Phone+44 (0) 20 3904 1349
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

77 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of2nominations0%
BAFTAs0of4nominations0%

85 wins from 380 nominations across all awards

Box office
$90m

Combined US gross, 33 of 99 titles

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Highest rated
Hitler's Circle of Evil
2018
8.05,489 votes
Apex poster
Lowest rated
Apex
2021
3.06,997 votes
Mostly
drama, action, thriller
Active
2007–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Best known for
Black Mass

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 87 of 99 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
36 seasons

2015–2018

Television rating
7.5IMDb

Their films average 6.2, so the television rates 1.3 higher.

Networks
  • HBO1
  • Sky History1
  • ABC Me1
  • 7TWO1

Across 3 series matched to TMDB, 85 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningThe Deep · 4 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 157

97 films · 2 TV titles

Titles per year99 titles · busiest 2018 with 17

99 titles across 20 years, averaging 5.0 a year. The last five years average 7.2 a year, above their long-run rate. 4 of those 20 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time77 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
2468their average 6.2200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 6.2 across 38 titles. The 62 titles since 2017 average 6.0, holding at their 6.2 overall. 24 of 77 rated titles sit above their 6.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Edward Drake2
Writers
  • Edward Drake2
Notable cast
  • Theo James3
  • George MacKay2
  • Brian Cox2
  • Samuel L. Jackson2
  • Nick Frost2
Genres
  • Drama49 of 87
  • Action23 of 87
  • Thriller22 of 87
  • Horror18 of 87
  • Comedy17 of 87

Names appearing on two or more of Head Gear Films’s produced titles, across the 87 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Head Gear Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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