---
name: "Bill Jesse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-jesse"
fi1m_id: "bill-jesse"
imdb_id: "nm0422161"
tmdb_id: 240448
wikidata_id: "Q88364782"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 July 1942"
died: "24 October 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:51:27.060755+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."
---

# Bill Jesse

## Identity

Bill Jesse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-jesse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-jesse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0422161
- **TMDB ID:** 240448
- **Wikidata ID:** Q88364782
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88364782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240448

Writer. Born 10 July 1942. Died 24 October 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 July 1942
- **Died:** 24 October 1990
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88364782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240448

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Riff-Raff*](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Bill Jesse was a British writer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1991 film *Riff-Raff*, directed by Ken Loach.

A construction worker by trade, Jesse drew on his own experiences for the script, which was his first screenplay. He died on 24 October 1990 in Lambeth, London, before the film's completion; it was released posthumously and dedicated to him.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bill-jesse