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name: "Ed Bicknell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-bicknell"
fi1m_id: "ed-bicknell"
imdb_id: "nm1174211"
tmdb_id: 2244724
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:51:50.791961+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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# Ed Bicknell

## Identity

Ed Bicknell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-bicknell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-bicknell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1174211
- **TMDB ID:** 2244724
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2244724

Actor. Born in Yorkshire.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2244724

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Scott Walker: 30 Century Man*](https://film.one/film/scott-walker-30-century-man.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Ed Bicknell is a British music manager and drummer. He began in the industry as chairman of Hull University’s entertainment committee from 1967 to 1969, later moving to London where he worked as a drummer and agent before becoming a manager.

He is best known for managing Dire Straits from 1978 and continuing with Mark Knopfler after the band’s dissolution, as well as representing artists including Scott Walker, Gerry Rafferty, Bryan Ferry and The Blue Nile. He also played drums in The Notting Hillbillies. Bicknell appeared as himself in the 2006 documentary *Scott Walker: 30 Century Man*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scott Walker: 30 Century Man* (2007), Fi1m 67, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-walker-30-century-man.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing, The Very Best of Dire Straits* (1998), Producer
- *Dire Straits: Autumn in Nimes* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Dire Straits: Live In Basel* (1992), Executive Producer

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