---
name: "Gillian Flynn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gillian-flynn"
fi1m_id: "gillian-flynn"
imdb_id: "nm5058839"
tmdb_id: 1194205
wikidata_id: "Q311755"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 February 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:05:35.996677+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."
---

# Gillian Flynn

## Identity

Gillian Flynn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gillian-flynn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gillian-flynn
- **IMDb ID:** nm5058839
- **TMDB ID:** 1194205
- **Wikidata ID:** Q311755
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Flynn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5058839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194205

Writer. Born 24 February 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 February 1971, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 2014–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $447m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Flynn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5058839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194205

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Sharp Objects*](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Gone Girl*](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Gillian Flynn is an American author and screenwriter. Born on 24 February 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri, she graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in English and journalism and later earned a master's degree from Northwestern University. She worked as a writer and critic for Entertainment Weekly before turning to fiction full time.

Flynn is best known for her novels *Sharp Objects* (2006), *Dark Places* (2009) and *Gone Girl* (2012). She wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film adaptation of *Gone Girl*, directed by David Fincher, and the screenplay for *Widows* (2018). She created and wrote the television series *Utopia* (2020) and adapted *Sharp Objects* for the 2018 HBO limited series.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sharp Objects* (2018), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer, Novel, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *Widows* (2018), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Utopia* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Widows* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)
- *Sharp Objects* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Novel, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *Dark Places* (2015), as Kill Club Goer · Novel
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Gillian Flynn — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Attack of the 50 Foot Woman*, Screenplay
- *Untitled Darren Aronofsky Erotic Thriller*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2009: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (nominated), for *Dark Places*
- CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2007: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (won), for *Sharp Objects*
- CWA New Blood Dagger 2007: CWA New Blood Dagger (won), for *Sharp Objects*

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

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