---
name: "Jim Poyser"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-poyser"
fi1m_id: "jim-poyser"
imdb_id: "nm1277062"
tmdb_id: 1367608
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:06:02.791052+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."
---

# Jim Poyser

## Identity

Jim Poyser

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-poyser
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-poyser
- **IMDb ID:** nm1277062
- **TMDB ID:** 1367608
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367608

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367608

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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## Biography

Jim Poyser is a British television writer, producer and director. He wrote an episode of the third series of *Shameless* (2006) and worked as script editor on the series.

He created the BBC drama *The Driver* (2014), on which the US series *Parish* (2024) is based. His producing credits include multiple series of *Brassic* (2019–), *Cold Feet* (2020) and *The Goes Wrong Show* (2019–2020). He received a BAFTA nomination for his work on *Shameless*.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Parish* (2024), series, Original Series Creator, Executive Producer
- *The Driver* (2014), series, Creator
- *Inn Mates* (2010), Producer
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

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