---
name: "Joseph Charlton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-charlton"
fi1m_id: "joseph-charlton"
imdb_id: "nm13486580"
tmdb_id: 3152948
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:55:05.102226+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."
---

# Joseph Charlton

## Identity

Joseph Charlton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-charlton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-charlton
- **IMDb ID:** nm13486580
- **TMDB ID:** 3152948
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13486580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3152948

Writer. Born in north east of England (outside Newcastle).

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** Joe Charlton
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13486580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3152948

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Industry*](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Joseph Charlton is a British writer for television, theatre and film. He grew up outside Newcastle and worked as a journalist from 2012 to 2017, primarily at The Independent, before turning to writing full time.

His theatre credits include the plays *Brilliant Jerks* (2018 Vault Festival, later revived) and *Anna X* (2019 Vault Festival; West End transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2021). The latter received the Origins Outstanding New Work Award. He has also written *Anniversary*, published in *Arete* magazine in 2017.

On television he has written episodes of the BBC/HBO series *Industry* (from season 2) and served as consulting producer on later seasons. His film work includes the screenplay for *A Spy By Nature*, directed by Kevin Macdonald with Paul Mescal attached to star. He has been selected for the BBC Drama Room and BBC TV Drama Writers’ Programme schemes.

*Sources: imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, screendaily.com, stagedoor.com, faber.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Anna X* (2021), Writer
- *Industry* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joseph-charlton