---
name: "Nick Hornby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-hornby"
fi1m_id: "nick-hornby"
imdb_id: "nm0394984"
tmdb_id: 3225
wikidata_id: "Q313007"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "17 April 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T02:41:15.821416+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 Hornby

## Identity

Nick Hornby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-hornby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-hornby
- **IMDb ID:** nm0394984
- **TMDB ID:** 3225
- **Wikidata ID:** Q313007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hornby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3225

Writer and producer. Born 17 April 1957 in Redhill, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 17 April 1957, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Nicholas Peter John Hornby
- **Frequently works with:** [Amanda Posey](https://film.one/person/amanda-posey.md), [Finola Dwyer](https://film.one/person/finola-dwyer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (3), 2010s 65 (5), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Comedy 6, Romance 5, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $324m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hornby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3225

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*About a Boy*](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md) (63)

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## Biography

Nick Hornby is an English writer, novelist and screenwriter. Born Nicholas Peter John Hornby on 17 April 1957 in Redhill, Surrey, he was educated at the University of Cambridge.

He is best known for the memoir *Fever Pitch* (1992) and the novels *High Fidelity* (1995) and *About a Boy* (1998), several of which have been adapted for film. As a screenwriter, he wrote the screenplay for *An Education* (2009), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay; he was also nominated for *Brooklyn* (2015) and wrote the screenplays for *Wild* (2014) and other adaptations.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *High Fidelity* (2020), Fi1m 70, Book, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-fidelity-2020.md)
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), Fi1m 40, Novel, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *About a Boy* (2014), Fi1m 63, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md)
- *Wild* (2014), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *About a Boy* (2002), Fi1m 77, Novel, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Slam* (2023), Book
- *Funny Woman* (2023), series, Novel, Executive Producer, Creator
- *High Fidelity* (2020), series, Book, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-fidelity-2020.md)
- *State of the Union* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Novel, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Slam* (2016), Novel
- *Love, Nina* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Tube: Going Underground* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Wild* (2014), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), Executive Producer, Novel — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *About a Boy* (2014), series, Creator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md)
- *È nata una star?* (2012), Short Story
- *An Education* (2009), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Fever Pitch* (2005), Executive Producer, Novel
- *About a Boy* (2002), Novel, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Book — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Faith* (1998), Writer
- *Fever Pitch* (1997), as School Football Coach (uncredited) · Screenplay, Novel
- *Follow the Yellow Brick Road* (1991), Director
- *The Giant's House*, Executive Producer, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Giulia Bertelli 2016-10-07](https://film.one/media/person/100390/gallery-ee26338cde63.jpg) Giulia Bertelli 2016-10-07 — Giulia Bertelli unpeusauvage, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Giulia_Bertelli_2016-10-07_%28Unsplash%29.jpg/1280px-Giulia_Bertelli_2016-10-07_%28Unsplash%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Hornby. Lit Cologne 2025. Lesung aus Fußballfieber.](https://film.one/media/person/100390/gallery-da2235ce7f9b.jpg) Nick Hornby. Lit Cologne 2025. Lesung aus Fußballfieber. — Udoweier, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Nick_HornbyLit_Cologne_2025.jpg/1280px-Nick_HornbyLit_Cologne_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Hornby signing books at Central Library, Seattle, Washington. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100390/gallery-da03777fb105.jpg) Nick Hornby signing books at Central Library, Seattle, Washington. (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nick_Hornby_01.jpg/1280px-Nick_Hornby_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Hornby](https://film.one/media/person/100390/gallery-62e36de99132.jpg) Nick Hornby — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Nick_Hornby_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_Hornby_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Hornby signing books at Central Library, Seattle, Washington. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100390/gallery-1aaf12c9382e.jpg) Nick Hornby signing books at Central Library, Seattle, Washington. (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nick_Hornby_02.jpg/1280px-Nick_Hornby_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2016: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Brooklyn*
- 2010: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2010: Best British Film (nominated), for *An Education*
- 2010: Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*

### Other awards — 3 won, 8 nominated

- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism 2012: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism (won)
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2010: Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *An Education*
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2009: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2009: Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*
- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2009: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2009: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *An Education*
- Booker Prize 2001: Booker Prize (nominated), for *How to Be Good*
- E. M. Forster Award 1999: E. M. Forster Award (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1996: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- NCR Book Award 1993: NCR Book Award (nominated), for *Fever Pitch*

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

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