---
name: "Jeffrey Caine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-caine"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-caine"
imdb_id: "nm0128997"
tmdb_id: 10704
wikidata_id: "Q1407773"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T13:23:00.745675+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."
---

# Jeffrey Caine

## Identity

Jeffrey Caine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-caine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-caine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0128997
- **TMDB ID:** 10704
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1407773
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Caine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10704

Writer. Born 1 January 1944 in Greater London.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Greater London
- **Active:** 1985–2014
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 52 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $620m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Caine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10704

## Biography

Jeffrey Caine is a British screenwriter. Born in 1944 in London, he was educated at the University of Sussex and the University of Leeds. He began his career in television, creating and writing for series including *The Chief* (1990–1995) and *Bodyguards* (1996–1997).

His film work includes the screenplay for the James Bond film *GoldenEye* (1995). He later wrote *Inside I'm Dancing* (2004), *The Constant Gardener* (2005)—for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay—and contributed to *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014) and *The Song of Names* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Club Servant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), Fi1m 52, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Song of Names* (2019), as Tom Noble · Screenplay
- *Time Out of Mind* (2015), Story
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), Screenplay — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *Purple Mountain* (2008), Writer
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), as Club Servant · Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Inside I'm Dancing* (2004), Screenplay
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *The Chief* (1990), series, Writer, Creator
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)
- *The Cold Room* (1984), Novel

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2006: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Constant Gardener*

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

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