---
name: "Ol Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ol-parker"
fi1m_id: "ol-parker"
imdb_id: "nm0662530"
tmdb_id: 17510
wikidata_id: "Q6073899"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 June 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:14:37.207449+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."
---

# Ol Parker

## Identity

Ol Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ol-parker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ol-parker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662530
- **TMDB ID:** 17510
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6073899
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6073899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17510

Writer. Born 2 June 1969 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 June 1969, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Oliver Parker
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6073899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17510

## Biography

Ol Parker is an English screenwriter, director and producer. Born Oliver Parker on 2 June 1969 in London, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He began his career writing for television series such as *Grange Hill* before moving into feature films.

His screenwriting credits include *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2011) and its sequel *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015). He has also written and directed *Imagine Me & You* (2005), *Now Is Good* (2012), *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018) and *Ticket to Paradise* (2022).

Parker married actress Thandiwe Newton in 1998; they separated in 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Office Romance* (2026), Director
- *Ticket to Paradise* (2022), Director, Screenplay
- *A Boy Called Christmas* (2021), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Director, Writer
- *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015), Screenplay
- *Now Is Good* (2012), Director, Screenplay
- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)
- *Imagine Me & You* (2006), Director, Writer
- *It Was an Accident* (2000), Writer
- *In Your Dreams* (1997), Writer
- *Loved Up* (1995), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2012: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel*

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

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