---
name: "John Morton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-morton-1232702"
fi1m_id: "john-morton-1232702"
imdb_id: "nm0608017"
tmdb_id: 1232702
wikidata_id: "Q6249582"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T16:21:07.694552+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."
---

# John Morton

## Identity

John Morton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-morton-1232702
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-morton-1232702
- **IMDb ID:** nm0608017
- **TMDB ID:** 1232702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6249582
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morton_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6249582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232702

Writer and director. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1999–2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morton_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6249582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232702

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Twenty Twelve*](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md) (77)

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

## Biography

John Morton is a British writer and director for television and radio. He gave up a career as an English teacher to become a writer in 1990. His first success was the mockumentary series *People Like Us*, which began on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 before transferring to BBC Two in 1999.

Morton created, wrote and directed the BBC comedy *Twenty Twelve* (2011–2012), which followed preparations for the London Olympics. He later wrote and directed its spin-off *W1A* (2014–2017), set in the BBC, and the UK adaptation *Ten Percent* (2022). He is married to actress Helen Atkinson-Wood.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), Fi1m 77, Director, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Twenty Twenty Six* (2026), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Ten Percent* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *W1A* (2014), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *People Like Us* (1999), series, Writer
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1998), series, Creator

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