---
name: "Nick Payne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-payne"
fi1m_id: "nick-payne"
imdb_id: "nm5387559"
tmdb_id: 1318894
wikidata_id: "Q7027689"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T01:44:24.916093+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 Payne

## Identity

Nick Payne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-payne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-payne
- **IMDb ID:** nm5387559
- **TMDB ID:** 1318894
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7027689
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Payne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7027689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5387559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318894

Writer. Born 1 January 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1984
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Payne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7027689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5387559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318894

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Wanderlust*](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*We Live in Time*](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Nick Payne is a British playwright and screenwriter. Born in 1984, he studied at the University of York and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and graduated from the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme.

His plays include *If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet* (2009) and *Constellations* (2012), the latter of which transferred to the West End and made his Broadway debut in 2015. *Elegy* (2016) earned him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play. He returned to Broadway with *Sea Wall/A Life* (2019).

On screen, Payne created and wrote the BBC One series *Wanderlust* (2018). He wrote the screenplays for *The Sense of an Ending* (2017) and co-wrote *The Last Letter from Your Lover* (2021). His original screenplay *We Live in Time* (2024) was directed by John Crowley.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *We Live in Time* (2024), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *Wanderlust* (2018), Fi1m 76, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Lickerish* (2026), Editor
- *Midwinter Break* (2026), Screenplay
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Constellations* (2021), Writer
- *The Last Letter from Your Lover* (2021), Writer
- *Constellations - Donmar Warehouse* (2021), series, Creator
- *Constellations* (2020), Screenplay
- *Wanderlust* (2018), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md)
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), Screenplay
- *The Secrets* (2014), series, Writer
- *Nora* (2012), Writer
- *Writers and Lovers*, Writer
- *The Midnight Library*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10183/gallery-f640f41c2666.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%281_of_113%29_%2854097947801%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%281_of_113%29_%2854097947801%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10183/gallery-ac71fcdf5c72.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%281_of_113%29_%2854097947801%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10183/gallery-7b0d40128ccf.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%282_of_113%29_%2854097947726%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%282_of_113%29_%2854097947726%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Payne](https://film.one/media/person/10183/gallery-7ba0831532b9.jpg) Nick Payne — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%282_of_113%29_%2854097947726%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10183/gallery-df8864ab3a35.jpg) We Live In Time Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Thursday 17th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%283_of_113%29_%2854097084357%29.jpg/1280px-WeLiveInTimeBFILFF171024_%283_of_113%29_%2854097084357%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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