---
name: "Jonathan Whitehead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-whitehead"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-whitehead"
tmdb_id: 1642086
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 October 1960"
died: "26 May 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-18T07:35:19.190884+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."
---

# Jonathan Whitehead

## Identity

Jonathan Whitehead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-whitehead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-whitehead
- **TMDB ID:** 1642086
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642086

Composer. Born 21 October 1960 in Denton, United Kingdom. Died 26 May 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 October 1960, Denton, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 26 May 2020
- **Active:** 1994–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Morris](https://film.one/person/chris-morris.md), [Derrin Schlesinger](https://film.one/person/derrin-schlesinger.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 94 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642086

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Four Lions*](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md) (94)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Black Books*](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Jonathan Whitehead (21 October 1960 – 26 May 2020) was an English composer and musician. He provided music for the television series *The Day Today* (1994) and *Brass Eye* (1997), and collaborated regularly with Chris Morris on projects including *Nathan Barley* (2005).

He studied music at the University of Bristol and lived in London. Whitehead often worked under the name Trellis. His scores for *Black Books* (2000), *Green Wing* (2004–2007) and *Four Lions* (2010) are among his best-known work. The music for *Green Wing* won the RTS Craft and Design Award for Best Original Score in 2005 and received a BAFTA nomination.

Other credits include *The Day Shall Come* (2019) and series such as *Smack the Pony* and *Peep Show*. He died of a heart attack in May 2020.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *Nathan Barley* (2005), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Brass Eye* (1997), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Day Shall Come* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Four Lions* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *Reggie Perrin* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Nathan Barley* (2005), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Perfect World* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *You Are Here* (1998), Music
- *In the Red* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Brass Eye* (1997), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)

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