---
name: "Amy Jump"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amy-jump"
fi1m_id: "amy-jump"
imdb_id: "nm4207229"
tmdb_id: 524112
wikidata_id: "Q24532629"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T03:31:12.647759+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."
---

# Amy Jump

## Identity

Amy Jump

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amy-jump
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amy-jump
- **IMDb ID:** nm4207229
- **TMDB ID:** 524112
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24532629
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Jump, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24532629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4207229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/524112

Writer. Born 1 January 1972 in Islington, London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Islington, London, England
- **Active:** 2011–2015
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Wheatley](https://film.one/person/ben-wheatley.md), [Andy Starke](https://film.one/person/andrew-starke.md), [Claire Jones](https://film.one/person/claire-jones.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Horror 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Jump, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24532629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4207229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/524112

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Kill List*](https://film.one/film/kill-list.md) (82), [*Sightseers*](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*High-Rise*](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Amy Jump is a British screenwriter, film editor and producer. She is best known for her frequent collaborations with director Ben Wheatley, her husband, on films including *Kill List* (2011), *Sightseers* (2012), *A Field in England* (2013), *High-Rise* (2015) and *Free Fire* (2016). She co-wrote and co-edited several of these, and wrote *A Field in England* and *High-Rise* alone.

Jump was born in Islington, London, in 1972. She and Wheatley met while studying for their A-levels and began collaborating on short animations before moving into feature films. She received British Independent Film Awards for Best Screenplay for both *Kill List* and *Sightseers*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bifa.film.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *High-Rise* (2015), Fi1m 58, Screenplay, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *Sightseers* (2012), Fi1m 78, Additional Writing, Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Kill List* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-list.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Duke of Burgundy* (2015), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-duke-of-burgundy.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *In the Earth* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Happy New Year, Colin Burstead* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Free Fire* (2017), Editor, Screenplay
- *High-Rise* (2015), Editor, Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *The Duke of Burgundy* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-duke-of-burgundy.md)
- *ABCs of Death 2* (2014), Executive Producer
- *A Field in England* (2013), Editor, Writer
- *Sightseers* (2012), as Additional Writing · Editor, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Kill List* (2011), Editor, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-list.md)
- *Wages of Fear*, Screenplay
- *Freak Shift*, Screenplay

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