---
name: "Ben Power"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-power"
fi1m_id: "ben-power"
imdb_id: "nm5600390"
tmdb_id: 2056531
wikidata_id: "Q4886308"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 August 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T16:32:29.753211+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."
---

# Ben Power

## Identity

Ben Power

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-power
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-power
- **IMDb ID:** nm5600390
- **TMDB ID:** 2056531
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4886308
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Power, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5600390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2056531

Writer. Born 18 August 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 August 1981
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Power, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5600390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2056531

## Biography

Ben Power is a British writer, dramaturg and playwright. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and began his career in theatre as associate director of Headlong, collaborating frequently with Rupert Goold.

He has worked extensively at the National Theatre, serving as associate director from 2010 and later as deputy artistic director. His adaptations there include *The Lehman Trilogy*, which transferred to the West End and Broadway, winning the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play.

Power wrote screenplays and adaptations for five episodes of the BBC series *The Hollow Crown* (2012–2016). He also wrote the screenplay for the 2021 film *Munich: The Edge of War*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *National Theatre Live: London Tide* (2024), Screenplay
- *Munich - The Edge of War* (2021), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy* (2019), Adaptation
- *National Theatre Collection: Romeo and Juliet* (2017), Adaptation
- *National Theatre Live: Medea* (2014), Adaptation
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Blood on Snow*, Writer

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