---
name: "Frank Deasy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-deasy"
fi1m_id: "frank-deasy"
imdb_id: "nm0213234"
tmdb_id: 210230
wikidata_id: "Q2328101"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 May 1959"
died: "17 September 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:44:24.463791+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."
---

# Frank Deasy

## Identity

Frank Deasy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-deasy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-deasy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0213234
- **TMDB ID:** 210230
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2328101
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Deasy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2328101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/210230

Writer. Born 19 May 1959 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 17 September 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 May 1959, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 17 September 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Deasy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2328101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/210230

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Frank Deasy (19 May 1959 – 17 September 2009) was an Irish screenwriter. Born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College Dublin, he initially worked as a child social worker with Ireland's Eastern Health Board before turning to writing and film-making.

His television credits include the Emmy-winning *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* (2006), for which he received the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, as well as *Looking After Jo Jo* (1998), *The Passion* (2008) and *Father & Son* (2009). Film work includes the screenplay for *Prozac Nation* (2003) and writing *Captives* (1994) and *The Grass Arena* (1991). He also wrote and co-directed the feature *The Courier* (1988).

Deasy lived in Glasgow from around 2000 and was married to Marie Connolly; they had three children. He died in Edinburgh following surgery related to liver cancer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Father & Son* (2009), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Passion* (2008), series, Writer
- *Prozac Nation* (2003), Screenplay
- *Real Men* (2003), Writer
- *The Rats* (2002), Writer
- *Looking After Jo Jo* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *Captives* (1994), Writer
- *The Grass Arena* (1992), Screenplay
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *The Courier* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer
- *Sometime City* (1985), Writer, Director
- *One Day Time* (1982), Producer, Writer

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