---
name: "Joe Murtagh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-murtagh"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 February 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:39:17.182848+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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# Joe Murtagh

Writer. Born 5 February 1990 in Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 February 1990, Surrey, England, UK
- **Also known as:** 조 머타흐
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125499242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6467361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744228

## Coming up

- *12 12 12* (2026-11-12), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74)

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## Biography

Joe Murtagh is a British screenwriter and producer. He was born on 5 February 1990 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.

He trained at the National Film and Television School. His television credits include writing an episode of *Gangs of London* (2020) and *Origin* (2018). He created and wrote the BBC series *The Woman in the Wall* (2023), and wrote episodes of *Say Nothing* (2024).

His feature film work includes the screenplay for *Calm with Horses* (2019) and co-writing *The Kitchen* (2023). He also contributed additional writing to *American Animals* (2018) and co-wrote several short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, christiedigital.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *12 12 12* (2026), series, Writer
- *Say Nothing* (2024), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *The Kitchen* (2023), Writer
- *The Woman in the Wall* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Origin* (2018), series, Writer
- *American Animals* (2018), Additional Writing
- *Fulfilament* (2015), Writer
- *Out of Sight* (2015), Writer
- *Fairuz* (2014), Writer

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