---
name: "Andrew Birkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-birkin"
fi1m_id: "andrew-birkin"
imdb_id: "nm0001949"
tmdb_id: 2355
wikidata_id: "Q503767"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 December 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T19:48:13.390190+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."
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# Andrew Birkin

## Identity

Andrew Birkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-birkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-birkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001949
- **TMDB ID:** 2355
- **Wikidata ID:** Q503767
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Birkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2355

Writer. Born 9 December 1945 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 December 1945, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Andrew Timothy Birkin, Andrew Burkin
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Birkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2355

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## Biography

Andrew Timothy Birkin is an English screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. Born in London on 9 December 1945, he began his career in the 1970s with writing credits including the BBC mini-series The Lost Boys (1978), about J. M. Barrie, for which he received awards from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society.

Birkin wrote the shooting script for The Name of the Rose (1986), in which he also appeared in a small acting role. He later wrote and directed Burning Secret (1988) and The Cement Garden (1993), the latter earning him the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. His other screenplay credits include King David (1985), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, as Cuthbert of Winchester — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Gainsbourg, toute une vie* (2021), Actor
- *Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver* (2018), Writer
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), Screenplay
- *Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes* (2003), Thanks
- *The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc* (1999), as Talbot · Writer
- *The Cement Garden* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Salt on Our Skin* (1992), Director, Writer
- *Burning Secret* (1988), Screenplay, Director
- *Kung-Fu Master!* (1988), as Brother
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), as Cuthbert of Winchester · Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *King David* (1985), Screenplay
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer, Director
- *La Pirate* (1984), as Andrew, husband
- *Sredni Vashtar* (1981), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Final Conflict* (1981), Associate Producer, Writer
- *The Lost Boys* (1978), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Lost Boys* (1978), Writer
- *The Thief of Baghdad* (1978), Adaptation
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, Writer
- *Peter Pan* (1976), Teleplay, Writer
- *Flame* (1975), Screenplay
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), Writer
- *Play Dirty* (1969), Location Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1983: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Sredni Vashtar*

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

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