---
name: "Alice Birch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alice-birch"
fi1m_id: "alice-birch"
imdb_id: "nm2690539"
tmdb_id: 1661863
wikidata_id: "Q56321961"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-30T20:56:43.853035+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alice Birch

## Identity

Alice Birch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alice-birch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alice-birch
- **IMDb ID:** nm2690539
- **TMDB ID:** 1661863
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56321961
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Birch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56321961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2690539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1661863

Writer. Born 1 January 1986 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1986, UK
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Magee](https://film.one/person/catherine-magee.md), [Florence Pugh](https://film.one/person/florence-pugh.md), [Lenny Abrahamson](https://film.one/person/lenny-abrahamson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 68 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $17m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Birch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56321961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2690539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1661863

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Normal People*](https://film.one/tv/normal-people.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lady Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Die My Love*](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*The Wonder*](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alice Birch is a British playwright and screenwriter. Born in 1986, she studied at the University of Exeter.

Her plays include *Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.*, for which she received the George Devine Award, and *Anatomy of a Suicide*, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She wrote the screenplay for the film *Lady Macbeth* (2016), which won five British Independent Film Awards including Best Screenplay.

Birch has contributed to television series including story editor on *Succession*, writer on *Normal People* (2020) and *Conversations with Friends* (2022), and lead writer on *Dead Ringers* (2023). Her film screenplays include *Mothering Sunday* (2021), *The Wonder* (2022), *The End We Start From* (2023) and *Die My Love* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Die My Love* (2025), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md)
- *Conversations with Friends* (2022), Fi1m 55, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/conversations-with-friends.md)
- *The Wonder* (2022), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Normal People* (2020), Fi1m 84, Writer, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/normal-people.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Die My Love* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/die-my-love.md)
- *The Listeners* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba* (2024), Writer
- *The End We Start From* (2023), Writer
- *Dead Ringers* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Creator
- *The Wonder* (2022), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Conversations with Friends* (2022), series, Writer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/conversations-with-friends.md)
- *Mothering Sunday* (2021), Screenplay
- *Normal People* (2020), series, Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/normal-people.md)
- *Succession* (2018), series, Story Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md)
- *The Ministry of Time*, series, Executive Producer
- *Sweetsick*, Director, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2017: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (won), for *Lady Macbeth*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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