---
name: "Gavin Scott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-scott"
fi1m_id: "gavin-scott"
imdb_id: "nm0779170"
tmdb_id: 58034
wikidata_id: "Q1977790"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T02:54:48.896086+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."
---

# Gavin Scott

## Identity

Gavin Scott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-scott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-scott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0779170
- **TMDB ID:** 58034
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1977790
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Scott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58034

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Kingston upon Hull.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Kingston upon Hull
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Scott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58034

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Absolutely Anything*](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) (34)

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

## Biography

Gavin Scott is an English writer, novelist and former broadcaster. Born in Kingston upon Hull in 1950, he spent ten years making documentaries and short films for the BBC and Channel 4 before becoming a screenwriter.

His screenwriting credits include *The Borrowers* (1997), *Small Soldiers* (1998) and *Absolutely Anything* (2015), the last co-written with Terry Jones. He also wrote for *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992) and teleplays for the miniseries *The Mists of Avalon* (2001) and *Legend of Earthsea* (2004).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), Fi1m 34, as Newsreader — [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), as Newsreader · Screenplay — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2010), Writer
- *War and Peace* (2007), series, Creator
- *Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island* (2006), Writer
- *Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Legend of Earthsea* (2004), series, Writer, Teleplay, Creator
- *Earthed* (2004), Screenplay
- *The Mists of Avalon* (2001), series, Teleplay, Creator
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Butler — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service* (1999), Screenplay
- *Small Soldiers* (1998), Screenplay
- *The Borrowers* (1997), Screenplay
- *Blazing Dragons* (1996), series, Creator
- *Space Rangers* (1993), series, Writer
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Maria Moors Cabot Prizes 1986: Maria Moors Cabot Prizes (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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