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name: "Ian McEwan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-mcewan"
fi1m_id: "ian-mcewan"
imdb_id: "nm0568605"
tmdb_id: 36589
wikidata_id: "Q190379"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "21 May 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T18:43:20.706673+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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# Ian McEwan

## Identity

Ian McEwan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-mcewan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-mcewan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0568605
- **TMDB ID:** 36589
- **Wikidata ID:** Q190379
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36589

Writer and producer. Born 21 May 1948 in Aldershot.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 21 May 1948, Aldershot
- **Active:** 1970–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36589

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*On Chesil Beach*](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Ian McEwan is a British novelist and screenwriter. He was born on 21 June 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire. He graduated from the University of Sussex in 1970 and received an MA from the University of East Anglia in 1971.

His early publications include the short-story collections *First Love, Last Rites* (1975) and *In Between the Sheets* (1978), followed by novels such as *The Cement Garden* (1978) and *The Comfort of Strangers* (1981). He wrote the television play *The Imitation Game* for the BBC series *Play for Today* in 1980.

McEwan is known for the novels *Atonement* (2001), adapted as a film in 2007, and *On Chesil Beach* (2007), which he adapted as a screenplay for the 2018 film. Other novels include *Amsterdam* (1998), which won the Booker Prize, *The Child in Time* (1987), *Enduring Love* (1997) and *The Children Act* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Novel, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Children Act* (2018), Writer
- *Postcards from the 48%* (2018), Actor
- *The Child in Time* (2018), Novel
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Novel, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Enduring Love* (2004), Novel, Associate Producer
- *Solid Geometry* (2002), Writer
- *First Love, Last Rites* (1998), Short Story
- *The Good Son* (1993), Screenplay
- *The Innocent* (1993), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Cement Garden* (1993), Novel
- *The Comfort of Strangers* (1990), Novel
- *Butterflies* (1988), Screenstory
- *Soursweet* (1988), Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer
- *Last Day of Summer* (1984), Story, Writer
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), Writer
- *The Imitation Game* (1980), Writer
- *Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration* (1976), Writer
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Ian McEwan at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-1a0196c19ddd.jpg) Ian McEwan at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival — TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i484_cropped.jpg/1280px-IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i484_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian McEwan at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-b85a1d0c695a.jpg) Ian McEwan at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival — TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i484.jpg/1280px-IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i484.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian McEwan](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-d1d6b5db672e.jpg) Ian McEwan — TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i481.jpg/1280px-IanMcEwan_EIBF2025_i481.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian McEwan bei der Vorstellung seines Romans "Was wir wissen können" in der Muffathalle (Veranstalter Münchner Lliteraturhaus) (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-f51408072dc4.jpg) Ian McEwan bei der Vorstellung seines Romans "Was wir wissen können" in der Muffathalle (Veranstalter Münchner Lliteraturhaus) (2025) — Amrei-Marie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ian_McEwan_2025.jpg/1280px-Ian_McEwan_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ian McEwan in München bei der Buchvorstellung des Romans "Was wir wissen können" in der Muffathalle (Veranstalter: Das Literaturhaus München) (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-ac0be6206f97.jpg) Ian McEwan in München bei der Buchvorstellung des Romans "Was wir wissen können" in der Muffathalle (Veranstalter: Das Literaturhaus München) (2025) — Amrei-Marie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Ian_McEwan_2025_-_2.jpg/1280px-Ian_McEwan_2025_-_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Convidado: Ian McEwan, escritor britânico Data: 24 de outubro de 2016 Local: Auditório Araújo Vianna Crédito das imagens: Fronteiras do Pensamento | Luiz Munhoz](https://film.one/media/person/94414/gallery-fe3b95c88bb8.jpg) Convidado: Ian McEwan, escritor britânico Data: 24 de outubro de 2016 Local: Auditório Araújo Vianna Crédito das imagens: Fronteiras do Pensamento | Luiz Munhoz — Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ian_McEwan_no_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2016_%2829985273804%29.jpg/1280px-Ian_McEwan_no_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2016_%2829985273804%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 15 won, 8 nominated

- Jean Monnet Prize 2024: Jean Monnet Prize (won)
- Goethe Medal 2020: Goethe Medal (won)
- honorary doctorate of Carlos III University 2018: honorary doctorate of Carlos III University (won)
- Bodley Medal 2014: Bodley Medal (won)
- Jerusalem Prize 2011: Jerusalem Prize (won)
- Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2010: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (won)
- Helmerich Award 2010: Helmerich Award (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2008: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Atonement*
- Booker Prize 2007: Booker Prize (nominated), for *On Chesil Beach*
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service 2007: Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (won)
- International Booker Prize 2007: International Booker Prize (nominated)
- Booker Prize 2005: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Saturday*
- International Booker Prize 2005: International Booker Prize (nominated)
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2005: James Tait Black Memorial Prize (won)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2002: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (won), for *Atonement*
- Dublin Literary Award 1999: Dublin Literary Award (nominated), for *Enduring Love*
- Shakespeare Prize 1999: Shakespeare Prize (won)
- Booker Prize 1998: Booker Prize (won), for *Amsterdam*
- Prix Femina étranger 1993: Prix Femina étranger (won)
- Booker Prize 1992: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Black Dogs*
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1983: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Booker Prize 1981: Booker Prize (nominated), for *The Comfort of Strangers*
- Somerset Maugham Award 1976: Somerset Maugham Award (won)

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

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