---
name: "Arthur Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arthur-ellis"
fi1m_id: "arthur-ellis"
imdb_id: "nm0254707"
tmdb_id: 2386428
wikidata_id: "Q117859609"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:44:08.256482+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."
---

# Arthur Ellis

## Identity

Arthur Ellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arthur-ellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arthur-ellis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0254707
- **TMDB ID:** 2386428
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117859609
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117859609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2386428

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117859609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2386428

## Biography

Arthur Ellis is a British writer, director and actor. He began working in the film industry in 1972 as a runner at Columbia Pictures in London. In 1974 he won a Yorkshire Arts script award, which funded his first short film as director, *Terminus* (1975).

Since 1979 Ellis has worked primarily as a writer and director of commercials and music videos. His television writing credits include numerous episodes of *Alas Smith & Jones* (1984–1997), an episode of *Minder* (1994), and work on *The Bill* and *Screen One*. He also directed and wrote several short comedy films, including *Chuck Norris: The Man, His Music* (1987) and *Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping* (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Don't Get Me Started* (1994), Director
- *Director: Alan Clarke* (1991), Actor
- *The Police* (1990), Writer
- *Screen One* (1989), series, Writer
- *The Black and Blue Lamp* (1988), Writer
- *Christine* (1987), Writer
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Comic Strip* (1981), Actor
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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