---
name: "Nick Dear"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-dear"
fi1m_id: "nick-dear"
imdb_id: "nm0213116"
tmdb_id: 137933
wikidata_id: "Q1780331"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 June 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:13:13.653889+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."
---

# Nick Dear

## Identity

Nick Dear

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-dear
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-dear
- **IMDb ID:** nm0213116
- **TMDB ID:** 137933
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1780331
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Dear, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137933

Writer. Born 11 June 1955 in Portsmouth.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 June 1955, Portsmouth
- **Active:** 1989–1995
- **Also known as:** 닉 디어
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Dear, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137933

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Persuasion*](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md) (84), [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Nick Dear is an English playwright and screenwriter. Born in Portsmouth in 1955, he graduated from the University of Essex in 1977 with a degree in Comparative European Literature. He began his career writing for BBC Radio and the stage before achieving recognition with his 1986 play *The Art of Success* for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Dear is known for his screen adaptations, including the BAFTA-winning *Persuasion* (1995) and six episodes of the ITV series *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (2004–2013). His stage adaptation of *Frankenstein*, directed by Danny Boyle for the National Theatre in 2011, was broadcast as *National Theatre Live: Frankenstein*. Other credits include *Byron* (2003), *Eroica* (2003) and a story contribution to *Lewis* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Persuasion* (1995), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Inside the Mind of Leonardo* (2013), Writer
- *Frankenstein: A Modern Myth* (2012), Writer
- *National Theatre Live: Frankenstein* (2011), Writer
- *Lewis* (2007), series, Story
- *Byron* (2003), Writer
- *Byron* (2003), series, Writer
- *Cinderella* (2000), Writer
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1999), Teleplay
- *The Gambler* (1997), Screenplay
- *Persuasion* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/persuasion.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

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