Philip Barantini

After 20 years of performing in front of the camera - including roles in the massively successful Band of Brothers (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), Chernobyl (2019), and Humans (2015), to name a few, Philip Barantini transitioned into directing in the late 2010s, marking his first short film with the award-winning Seconds Out (2019), written by and starring Robbie O'Neill. Following this, Barantini directed the BIFA-nominated short film Boiling Point, starring Stephen Graham, which was then adapted into the hotly anticipated one-shot feature of the same name in 2021; both movies were co-written with Barantini's frequent collaborator James Cummings. Boiling Point saw its international debut in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and premiered in the UK at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2021. The film garnered glowing reviews from both critics and audiences, who have called the film "dizzying" [The Guardian] and "utterly compelling" [Variety], commending the film for its "piano-wire tension" [Time Out] and performances - "Stephen Graham is phenomenally mesmerizing" [HeyUGuys]. It recently won four BIFA's including Best Supporting Actress (Vinette Robinson), Best Cinematography, Best Casting, and Best Sound. and was nominated in 11 categories.

Works

Adolescence

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

Release Date:2025-03-13

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:4

Accused

After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.

Release Date:2023-10-05

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:54

A Violent Man

Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison. We follow, as he navigates his struggle against redemption the system and his inner turmoil, when a young black gang member becomes his unlikely new cell mate and a daughter he has never met, finally requests to meet her estranged father, face to face.

Release Date:2022-02-04

Character:John Morgan

Vote Count:19

The Making of Boiling Point

Director Philip Barantini talks through how the short became a feature-length film, alongside details on the production.

Release Date:2021-11-21

Character:Self

Boiling Point

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

Release Date:2021-07-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:565

Villain

After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, and he ends up using his life savings to calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help.

Release Date:2020-02-28

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:37

Boiling Point

During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.

Release Date:2019-03-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

Seconds Out

A poignant short film starring Game of Thrones’ Faye Marsay and Little Boy Blue’s Robbie O'Neill, exploring the relationship between masculinity and the reluctance to speak out. Seconds Out is the story of Carl, a boxer, who seeks to beat depression by acknowledging and coming to terms with it.

Release Date:2019-03-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Nightshooters

A film crew led by stuntman Donnie come to witness a Gangland hit, and have to fight for their lives to survive the night.

Release Date:2018-07-27

Department:Production

Job:Supervising Producer

Character:Chad

Vote Count:4

Enola Holmes 3

Details TBA. Described as being a little darker and skewing a little older than the previous two installments.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Boiling Point

Eight months after her mentor Andy Jones suffered a heart attack, Head Chef Carly is battling to forge a name for new London restaurant Point North alongside her old kitchen crew. With the pressure to draw in new, hungry customers and the financial squeeze to keep the business profitable, the team must find a way to manage their complicated personal lives whilst creating quality food day in, day out.

Release Date:2023-10-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:33

Malpractice

Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu, demands an enquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.

Release Date:2023-04-23

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:19

The Responder

Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?

Release Date:2022-01-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Steve

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:99

Time

Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.

Release Date:2021-06-06

Character:Floyd Walker

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:202

Chernobyl

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Release Date:2019-05-06

Character:Bezpalov

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:6620

World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen

To celebrate the centenary of WW1, a TV Documentary team travels to the Somme to put together a ratings smash about new mysteries relating to the famous battle. However, what they unearth is far from a new story of those that died 100 years ago – but an army of the undead and a brand new war.

Release Date:2015-05-04

Character:Liam

Vote Count:11

Cryptic

Eight guys from a crime organization in London are sent to guard a coffin.

Release Date:2014-12-31

Character:John Jonas

Vote Count:10

Young, High and Dead

When five friends head to the woods for a weekend of drug fueled madness their night soon descends into chaos when they pitch up next to the grave of a local missing child.

Release Date:2013-10-31

Character:John

Vote Count:5

Hard Boiled Sweets

Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money...

Release Date:2012-03-09

Character:Dean

Vote Count:18

Mrs Brown's Boys

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.

Release Date:2011-01-01

Character:IT Man

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:90

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

Release Date:2003-09-12

Character:Alex

Vote Count:20

Ned Kelly

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Release Date:2003-03-22

Character:Steve Hart

Vote Count:364

The Escapist

Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.

Release Date:2002-04-12

Character:Joey

Vote Count:25

The American Embassy

The American Embassy is an American drama series that aired on Fox from March to April 2002. The series was created by James D. Parriott, and executive produced by Danny DeVito.

Release Date:2002-03-11

Character:Jason

Episode Count:1

Band of Brothers

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

Release Date:2001-09-09

Character:Wayne 'Skinny' Sisk

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:3669

Dream Team

On and off pitch battles of of the fictional Harchester United Football Club.

Release Date:1997-10-07

Character:Billy O'Neil

Episode Count:165

Vote Count:4