---
name: "Kevin Erlis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-erlis"
fi1m_id: "kevin-erlis"
imdb_id: "nm2501137"
tmdb_id: 1840542
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:06:00.039677+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 Erlis

## Identity

Kevin Erlis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-erlis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-erlis
- **IMDb ID:** nm2501137
- **TMDB ID:** 1840542
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2501137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1840542

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2501137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1840542

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Kevin Erlis is a British television writer and creator. He worked as a writer and script editor on the Channel 4 series *Shameless* (2004), contributing episodes between 2009 and 2012 and serving as script editor across multiple series.

Erlis co-created the Channel 4 drama series *Ackley Bridge* (2017–2022) alongside Ayub Khan Din and Malcolm Campbell. His other writing credits include *Hollyoaks* (2012–2013) and an episode of *Casualty* (2023). A graduate of Liverpool John Moores University, he has developed television formats for companies including Endemol, Objective and October Films.

*Sources: imdb.com, culverhouseassociates.com, hollyoaks.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Ackley Bridge* (2017), series, Creator
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

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© 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/kevin-erlis