---
name: "Michel Faber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-faber"
fi1m_id: "michel-faber"
imdb_id: "nm1480060"
tmdb_id: 1341724
wikidata_id: "Q983249"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 April 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T15:55:55.081448+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."
---

# Michel Faber

## Identity

Michel Faber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-faber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-faber
- **IMDb ID:** nm1480060
- **TMDB ID:** 1341724
- **Wikidata ID:** Q983249
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Faber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1341724

Writer. Born 13 April 1960 in The Hague, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 April 1960, The Hague, Netherlands
- **Active:** 2011–2014
- **Also known as:** Мишель Фабер
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Faber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1341724

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Crimson Petal and the White*](https://film.one/tv/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Michel Faber is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction. He was born on 13 April 1960 in The Hague and moved to Australia with his family in 1967. He studied at the University of Melbourne and later trained and worked as a nurse before emigrating to Scotland in 1993, where he became a naturalised British citizen.

Faber is best known for his debut novel *Under the Skin* (2000), which was adapted into a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Glazer, and for *The Crimson Petal and the White* (2002), which he adapted for a 2011 BBC television series. His other works include short-story collections and novels such as *The Book of Strange New Things* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Under the Skin* (2014), Fi1m 81, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-skin.md)
- *The Crimson Petal and the White* (2011), Fi1m 68, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *In the Woods with a Dead Dog* (2021), Screenplay
- *Oasis* (2017), series, Book
- *Oasis* (2017), Writer
- *Under the Skin* (2014), Novel — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-skin.md)
- *The Crimson Petal and the White* (2011), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white.md)
- *Under the Skin*, series, Novel

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel 2016: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (nominated), for *The Book of Strange New Things*
- Arthur C. Clarke Award 2015: Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominated), for *The Book of Strange New Things*
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2015: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *The Book of Strange New Things*
- Saltire Awards 2015: Saltire Awards (won)
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 1974: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© 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/michel-faber