---
name: "George Kay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-kay"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:14:24.736765+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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# George Kay

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Nina Sosanya](https://film.one/person/nina-sosanya.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kay_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104722853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1287248

## Coming up

- *War* (2026-10-01), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/war.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Killing Eve*](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md) (82)

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

## Biography

George Kay is an English television writer and producer. He wrote two episodes of the first season of *Killing Eve* (2018) and is the creator of the series *War* (2026). He is also known as the creator of *Lupin* (2021), *Criminal* (2019), *Hijack* (2023) and *The Long Shadow* (2023).

Kay met director Jim Field Smith while a student at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the pair have collaborated on several projects including *Stag* (2016) and *Criminal*. He began his career in factual television as head of development at Twenty Twenty Television and head of factual at Blast! Films. He became a full-time screenwriter in 2009 after winning the Brit List with his script *Good Luck Anthony Belcher*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Killing Eve* (2018), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *War* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Creator — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/war.md)
- *Blood Sacrifice* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Gone* (2026), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Long Shadow* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Hijack* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Litvinenko* (2022), series, Writer, Creator
- *Lupin* (2021), series, Dialogue, Story, Adaptation, Screenplay, Creator
- *Criminal: UK* (2019), series, Writer, Creator
- *Criminal: Spain* (2019), series, Creator
- *Criminal: France* (2019), series, Writer, Creator
- *Criminal: Germany* (2019), series, Creator
- *Killing Eve* (2018), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)
- *Stag* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Barbados* (2015), Writer
- *Trimming the Fat* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Where Have I Been All Your Life?* (2007), Writer
- *Goodbye to the Normals* (2006), Writer
- *Missing Moscow* (2004), Director
- *The Wanted Man*, series, Executive Producer, Creator

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