---
name: "Beau Willimon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/beau-willimon"
fi1m_id: "beau-willimon"
imdb_id: "nm2802722"
tmdb_id: 64817
wikidata_id: "Q4877396"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "26 October 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T00:25:36.137199+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."
---

# Beau Willimon

## Identity

Beau Willimon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/beau-willimon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** beau-willimon
- **IMDb ID:** nm2802722
- **TMDB ID:** 64817
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4877396
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Willimon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4877396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2802722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64817

Writer and producer. Born 26 October 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 26 October 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (2), 2020s 86 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, History 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $123m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Willimon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4877396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2802722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64817

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Ides of March*](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Beau Willimon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He was born on 26 October 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Willimon created and served as showrunner for the first four seasons of the Netflix series *House of Cards* (2013–2018). He wrote the screenplay for *The Ides of March* (2011), adapted from his play *Farragut North*, and created the Hulu series *The First* (2018). He wrote six episodes of the Disney+ series *Andor* (2022–2025) across both seasons.

Willimon has received nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe for *The Ides of March*, and a Primetime Emmy Award for writing the *Andor* episode "One Way Out".

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, starwars.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

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

- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Ides of March* (2011), Fi1m 71, Theatre Play, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Severance* (2022), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *In Case We Never Meet Again* (2026), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Andor* (2022), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Severance* (2022), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *Grand Army* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The First* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *A Master Builder* (2014), Executive Producer
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Ides of March* (2011), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Co-Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ides-of-march.md)
- *Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Beau Willimon](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-226c5374a954.jpg) Beau Willimon — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Beau_Willimon_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Beau Willimon at the "Whatever Works" Premiere, Tribeca Film Festival 2009, © Rubenstein, photographer Martyna Borkowski](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-bb4d80ebf5e6.jpg) Beau Willimon at the "Whatever Works" Premiere, Tribeca Film Festival 2009, © Rubenstein, photographer Martyna Borkowski — Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Beau_Willimon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Beau Willimon (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-408772800067.jpg) Beau Willimon (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Beau_Willimon_%2814281631981%29.jpg/1280px-Beau_Willimon_%2814281631981%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Screenwriter and director Beau Willimon at the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, October 2025](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-63005f6d9ad7.jpg) Screenwriter and director Beau Willimon at the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, October 2025 — Horim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Beau_Willimon_%28Kyiv%2C_2025%29.jpg/1280px-Beau_Willimon_%28Kyiv%2C_2025%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Beau Willimon](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-ad2b58edf0c9.jpg) Beau Willimon — Image via TMDB
- ![Showrunner Beau Willimon accepts the Peabody Award for House of Cards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-8ec6b358698a.jpg) Showrunner Beau Willimon accepts the Peabody Award for House of Cards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Beau_Willimon_-_Boris_McGiver_-_Jayne_Atkinson_-_Sebastian_Arcelus_-_Michael_Gill_%2814249865531%29.jpg/1280px-Beau_Willimon_-_Boris_McGiver_-_Jayne_Atkinson_-_Sebastian_Arcelus_-_Michael_Gill_%2814249865531%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Showrunner Beau Willimon accepts the Peabody Award for House of Cards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/46589/gallery-816fadf9f9eb.jpg) Showrunner Beau Willimon accepts the Peabody Award for House of Cards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Beau_Willimon_-_Boris_McGiver_-_Jayne_Atkinson_-_Sebastian_Arcelus_-_Michael_Gill_2_%2814066522619%29.jpg/1280px-Beau_Willimon_-_Boris_McGiver_-_Jayne_Atkinson_-_Sebastian_Arcelus_-_Michael_Gill_2_%2814066522619%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Ides of March*

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

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