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  • BIRTH 06/12/1978
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOW 1
  • SHOWRUNNER 2
  • SCRIPT 25
  • PRODUCTION 3

Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne is an English screenwriter and playwright who has written for radio, theatre and film. Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins, before writing Cast Offs in 2009. He has since created the shows Glue, The Last Panthers, Kiri and The Accident. He is also the writer of the television adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. He has won five BAFTA awards: Best Mini-Series for This is England ’88, Best Drama Series for The Fades, Best Single Drama for Don't Take My Baby, Best Serial for This is England ’90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure.

Thorne's feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys, War Book, A Long Way Down, Wonder (starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson) and The Aeronauts (starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne). Thorne is also a prolific playwright, having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Hope, The End of History, and adaptations of Let the Right One In at the Royal Court, and Woyzeck (starring John Boyega) and A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic. He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play.

Jack Thorne

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Question Time
Question Time
Self - Panellist

Showrunner (2)

This Is England
This Is England
The Eddy
The Eddy

Script (25)

Joy
Joy
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
(18 episodes)
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
Skins
Skins
(5 episodes)
Wonder
Wonder
An Almost Christmas Story
An Almost Christmas Story
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
(1 episode)
TRON: Ares
TRON: Ares
The Swimmers
The Swimmers
The Aeronauts
The Aeronauts
The Eddy
The Eddy
(8 episodes)
Radioactive
Radioactive
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
A Long Way Down
A Long Way Down
Glue
Glue
(3 episodes)
The Fades
The Fades
(6 episodes)
Then Barbara Met Alan
Then Barbara Met Alan
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Scouting Book for Boys
The Scouting Book for Boys
Sovereign
Sovereign
Help
Help
Dirt Music
Dirt Music
Jonah
Jonah
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

Production (3)

Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
The Aeronauts
The Aeronauts
Then Barbara Met Alan
Then Barbara Met Alan