---
name: "Kevin Cecil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-cecil"
fi1m_id: "kevin-cecil"
imdb_id: "nm0147700"
tmdb_id: 1213320
wikidata_id: "Q6396010"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 March 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T16:08:04.027532+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."
---

# Kevin Cecil

## Identity

Kevin Cecil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-cecil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-cecil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0147700
- **TMDB ID:** 1213320
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6396010
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cecil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213320

Writer. Born 26 March 1969 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 March 1969, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 2 acting, 4 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Riley](https://film.one/person/andy-riley.md), [Arthur Mathews](https://film.one/person/arthur-mathews.md), [Graham Linehan](https://film.one/person/graham-linehan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 75 (3), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Animation 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $190m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cecil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213320

## Coming up

- *FING!* (2027-01-15), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Down Cemetery Road*](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Black Books*](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Gnomeo & Juliet*](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Kevin Cecil is a British screenwriter and television producer. Born on 26 March 1969 in Lewisham, London, he frequently collaborates with Andy Riley, a friend since their time at Aylesbury Grammar School.

Cecil and Riley have written for series including *Black Books* (2000), for which they won a BAFTA, *Veep* (2012), for which Cecil received a Writers Guild of America award, *Year of the Rabbit* (2019) and *Big Train* (1998). Their film work includes *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011) and *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018). Cecil co-created the series *Hyperdrive* (2006).

He has also contributed to *The Armando Iannucci Shows*, *Armstrong & Miller*, *Little Britain*, *Trigger Happy TV*, *Smack the Pony* and *Spitting Image*, and appeared as an actor in an episode of *The IT Crowd* (2010). Cecil wrote an episode of the series *Down Cemetery Road* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (2)

- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Elf (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Spaced* (1999), Fi1m 86, as Robot Club Leader — [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021), Fi1m 71, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/rons-gone-wrong.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *FING!* (2027), Writer
- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Gangsta Granny Strikes Again* (2022), Writer
- *Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After* (2021), Writer
- *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/rons-gone-wrong.md)
- *Year of the Rabbit* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Midnight Gang* (2018), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018), Story, Characters
- *Grandpa's Great Escape* (2018), Adaptation
- *Tracey Breaks the News* (2017), Writer
- *Billionaire Boy* (2016), Writer
- *The Boy in the Dress* (2014), Writer
- *The Last Game* (2014), Writer
- *Gangsta Granny* (2013), Adaptation
- *Big Bad World* (2013), series, Writer
- *Big School* (2013), series, Script Editor
- *Veep* (2012), series, Teleplay, Supervising Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), as Elf (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md)
- *The Great Outdoors* (2010), series, Writer
- *Slacker Cats* (2007), series, Writer, Creator
- *Hyperdrive* (2006), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Armando Iannucci Shows* (2001), series, Writer
- *Black Books* (2000), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire* (1999), Writer
- *Spaced* (1999), series, as Robot Club Leader — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *Big Train* (1998), series, Writer
- *Multi-Coloured Saturdays* (1996), Writer
- *The Saturday Night Armistice* (1995), series, Writer

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