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name: "David Kane"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:23:53.405741+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."
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# David Kane

Writer. Born 1 January 1961 in Polbeth, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Polbeth, Scotland, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95334840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208171

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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## Biography

David Kane is a Scottish screenwriter, director and producer. He has been lead writer and executive producer on seven seasons of the BBC crime drama *Shetland* (2013–2022).

Kane was born in 1961 in Polbeth, Scotland. He studied painting and photography at art school before winning the National Screenwriters Award. His early television work includes creating the supernatural series *Sea of Souls* (2004–2007) and writing episodes of *Foyle's War* (2002) and *Taggart*. Feature film credits include the screenplays for *This Year's Love* (1999) and *Born Romantic* (2000), both of which he also directed, and *The River King* (2005).

He has also adapted novels for television, including *The Field of Blood* (2011) and *Stonemouth* (2015), and written several stage plays. Kane received BAFTA Scotland nominations for his work on *The Field of Blood* and *Shetland*.

*Sources: imdb.com, theagency.co.uk, shetland.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Stonemouth* (2015), series, Writer
- *Murder on the Home Front* (2013), series, Writer
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *The Field of Blood* (2011), series, Director, Writer
- *Midnight Man* (2008), series, Writer, Creator
- *The River King* (2005), Screenplay
- *Sea of Souls* (2004), series, Writer, Creator
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, Writer
- *Born Romantic* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Rebus* (2000), series, Writer
- *This Year's Love* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Ruffian Hearts* (1995), Writer, Director
- *Finney* (1994), series, Writer
- *Jute City* (1991), series, Writer
- *Dream Baby* (1989), Writer
- *Shadow on the Earth* (1988), Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer

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