---
name: "Paul Frift"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-frift"
fi1m_id: "paul-frift"
imdb_id: "nm0295684"
tmdb_id: 1258614
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 November 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T16:11:23.763554+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."
---

# Paul Frift

## Identity

Paul Frift

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-frift
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-frift
- **IMDb ID:** nm0295684
- **TMDB ID:** 1258614
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258614

Producer. Born 2 November 1957 in Ealing, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 November 1957, Ealing, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258614

## Biography

Paul Frift is a British television and film producer. He was born on 2 November 1957 in Ealing, London. He began his career in the 1980s as an assistant director on feature films, including *Aliens* (1986).

Frift later moved into producing, with credits on series and miniseries such as *Doctor Who* (2005 and 2014), *Going Postal* (2010, as line producer), *Restless* (2012), *Room at the Top* (2012), *The Escape Artist* (2013), *Good Omens* (2019), *Victoria* (2016–2017) and *Joan* (2024). He won a BAFTA Television Award for Best Mini-Series for *Room at the Top*.

*Sources: imdb.com, castfacts.com, en.kinorium.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Room at the Top* (2012), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/room-at-the-top-2012.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Joan* (2024), series, Producer
- *Good Omens* (2019), series, Producer
- *That Day We Sang* (2014), Producer
- *Doctor Who: Last Christmas* (2014), Producer
- *The Escape Artist* (2013), series, Producer
- *Restless* (2012), series, Producer
- *Room at the Top* (2012), series, Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/room-at-the-top-2012.md)
- *Going Postal* (2010), series, Line Producer
- *Crooked House* (2008), series, Producer
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (1998), Co-Producer
- *This Is the Sea* (1997), Line Producer
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), Associate Producer
- *Underworld* (1985), Second Assistant Director
- *Water* (1985), Third Assistant Director
- *The Company of Wolves* (1984), Third Assistant Director
- *The Cold Room* (1984), Third Assistant Director
- *Anansi Boys*, series, Producer

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