---
name: "David Gilman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-gilman"
fi1m_id: "david-gilman"
imdb_id: "nm0319429"
tmdb_id: 1580414
wikidata_id: "Q1174546"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:31.491341+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."
---

# David Gilman

## Identity

David Gilman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-gilman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-gilman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0319429
- **TMDB ID:** 1580414
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1174546
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilman_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580414

Writer. Born 1 January 1948 in Northampton.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Northampton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilman_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580414

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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

## Biography

David Gilman is an English television screenwriter and novelist. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1986, he worked as a firefighter, professional photographer, soldier in the Parachute Regiment's Reconnaissance Platoon, and marketing manager for a publishing company in South Africa. He was educated in Wales.

Gilman was principal writer on the ITV series *A Touch of Frost* from 2000 to 2009, contributing screenplays for nine episodes between 2001 and 2008. He also wrote an episode of *Dalziel and Pascoe* in 2001. His stage play *Ghost in the Machine* received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for New Work in 1993.

As a novelist, Gilman has written the *Danger Zone* and *Master of War* series, among other books. He lives in Devon with his wife Suzy Chiazzari.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Der weiße Afrikaner* (2004), Writer
- *Sweet Little Sixteen* (1999), Writer
- *Bad Manners* (1998), Screenplay
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Writer
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Dirty Games* (1989), Writer

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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/david-gilman