---
name: "Malcolm Campbell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-campbell-209876"
fi1m_id: "malcolm-campbell-209876"
imdb_id: "nm0132696"
tmdb_id: 209876
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 September 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:21:31.516104+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."
---

# Malcolm Campbell

## Identity

Malcolm Campbell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-campbell-209876
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-campbell-209876
- **IMDb ID:** nm0132696
- **TMDB ID:** 209876
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209876

Writer. Born 17 September 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 September 1973, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Dearbhla Walsh](https://film.one/person/dearbhla-walsh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209876

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Bad Sisters*](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md) (78), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Malcolm Campbell is a British screenwriter and producer born on 17 September 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He began his career writing for series including The Bill (2005–2007) and later contributed episodes to Shameless (2004).

His feature film credits include the screenplay for What Richard Did (2012) and co-writing Herself (2020) with Clare Dunne. He created and wrote the Channel 4 series Ackley Bridge (2017–2022) and has written for The White Queen (2013), Skins (2009) and Bad Sisters (2022).

Campbell has received awards including a BAFTA, the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Screenplay and IFTA awards for Best Film Script.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenireland.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *500 Miles* (2026), Writer
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *Herself* (2020), Writer
- *Ackley Bridge* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, Writer
- *What Richard Did* (2012), Writer
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Black Cab* (2000), series, Writer

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