---
name: "Emma Jane Unsworth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-jane-unsworth"
fi1m_id: "emma-jane-unsworth"
imdb_id: "nm7106378"
tmdb_id: 2004848
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:10:03.406825+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."
---

# Emma Jane Unsworth

## Identity

Emma Jane Unsworth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-jane-unsworth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emma-jane-unsworth
- **IMDb ID:** nm7106378
- **TMDB ID:** 2004848
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7106378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2004848

Writer. Born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7106378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2004848

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Outlaws*](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md) (67)

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## Biography

Emma Jane Unsworth is an English novelist and screenwriter. Born in 1979 in Bury, Greater Manchester, she studied English literature at the University of Liverpool and holds an MA from Manchester University's Centre for New Writing.

She has published four novels: *Hungry, the Stars and Everything* (2011), *Animals* (2014), *Adults* (2020) and *Slags* (2025). Unsworth adapted *Animals* for the screen; the 2019 film premiered at Sundance and earned her the BIFA for Best Debut Screenwriter. Her television credits include co-writing an episode of *The Outlaws* (2021), for which she received a BAFTA nomination, serving as showrunner on *Dreamland* (2023), and writing episodes of *The Buccaneers* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, liverpool.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Outlaws* (2021), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Buccaneers* (2023), series, Writer
- *The Outlaws* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)
- *Animals* (2019), Screenplay, Novel

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