---
name: "Louis Mellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-mellis"
fi1m_id: "louis-mellis"
imdb_id: "nm0578011"
tmdb_id: 57317
wikidata_id: "Q3837603"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:44:24.370709+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."
---

# Louis Mellis

## Identity

Louis Mellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-mellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louis-mellis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0578011
- **TMDB ID:** 57317
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3837603
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mellis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3837603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57317

Writer. Born in United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1990–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 54 (1), 2000s 85 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mellis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3837603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57317

## Biography

Louis Mellis is a Scottish screenwriter and former actor from Edinburgh. He worked in various jobs including rat-catcher, zookeeper and chef before training at drama school and pursuing acting until 1991, when he turned to writing.

With writing partner David Scinto he created a trilogy of gangster-themed works originally conceived as stage plays and inspired by paintings: *Gangster No. 1* (2000), for which they provided the original story; *Sexy Beast* (2000), which they wrote as a screenplay in three weeks; and *44 Inch Chest* (2009), on which Mellis also served as producer. The pair later parted ways professionally.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, as Bank Security Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Sexy Beast* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
- *Le Mans: Racing Is Everything* (2017), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *44 Inch Chest* (2009), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Blueberry* (2004), Screenplay
- *Beckham and the Battle with Argentina* (2003), as Narrator
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Gangster No. 1* (2000), Original Story
- *Mulberry* (1992), series, as Football Referee
- *The Grass Arena* (1992), as Jock
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), as Bank Security Guard — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, as DC Supt Agnew
- *Vroom* (1988), as Flanny
- *Potsdamer Platz*, Writer

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