---
name: "Fiona Finlay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fiona-finlay"
fi1m_id: "fiona-finlay"
imdb_id: "nm0277974"
tmdb_id: 1492126
wikidata_id: "Q18206799"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:19:54.043960+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."
---

# Fiona Finlay

## Identity

Fiona Finlay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fiona-finlay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fiona-finlay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277974
- **TMDB ID:** 1492126
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18206799
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Finlay_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206799, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492126

Producer. Born 1 January 1956 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, London
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Finlay_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206799, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492126

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Persuasion*](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md) (84)

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## Biography

Fiona Finlay is an English television and film producer and writer. Born in London in 1956, she graduated with a degree in English literature from the University of Leicester and gained a postgraduate diploma in theatre studies from the University of Cardiff. She later obtained a distinction in the Certificate of Higher Education in Arts Management from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Finlay began her career as assistant to the heads of New Writing and Classical Repertoire at the National Theatre before joining the BBC as a script editor and subsequently working as a producer. Her productions include *Single Voices* (1990), *The Sharp End* (1991), *Downtown Lagos* (1992), *Black Daisies for the Bride* (1993) and *Persuasion* (1995), the latter a BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's novel directed by Roger Michell. She received a BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama for *Persuasion*. In 2013 she launched Doorway Films.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Persuasion* (1995), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The American* (1998), Producer
- *Broken Glass* (1996), Producer
- *After Miss Julie* (1995), Producer
- *Persuasion* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md)
- *Black Daisies For The Bride* (1993), Producer
- *Downtown Lagos* (1992), series, Producer
- *Performance* (1991), series, Producer
- *Some Enchanted Evening* (1990), Producer
- *The Last Supper* (1990), Producer
- *Royal Enclosure* (1990), Producer
- *Ginger* (1990), Producer
- *The Chemist* (1990), Producer
- *Happy Christmas, I Love You* (1989), Producer

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