---
name: "Paul Trijbits"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-trijbits"
fi1m_id: "paul-trijbits"
imdb_id: "nm0872799"
tmdb_id: 55418
wikidata_id: "Q7154071"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 October 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-01T22:34:42.921786+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 Trijbits

## Identity

Paul Trijbits

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-trijbits
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-trijbits
- **IMDb ID:** nm0872799
- **TMDB ID:** 55418
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7154071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Trijbits, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55418

Producer. Born 10 October 1961 in Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 October 1961, Netherlands
- **Active:** 2003–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (6), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 2, History 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $177m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Trijbits, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55418

## Biography

Paul Trijbits is a Dutch-born film and television producer. Born on 10 October 1961 in the Netherlands, he began his career producing features such as *Hardware* (1990) and *The Young Americans* (1993). He was a founder member of the New Producers Alliance and served on the board of PACT.

Between 2000 and 2006 Trijbits was Head of the New Cinema Fund at the UK Film Council. In 2007 he joined Alison Owen’s Ruby Films as managing director. His producer credits there include *Jane Eyre* (2011) and *Tamara Drewe* (2010), with executive producer roles on *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013) and *Fish Tank* (2009).

He later co-founded FilmWave and has produced *Sing Street* (2016), *Every Day* (2018) and *Alone in Berlin* (2016). He is CEO of Magical Society UK.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Fish Tank* (2009), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *This Is England* (2007), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md)
- *London to Brighton* (2006), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/london-to-brighton.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), Fi1m 66, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Virdee* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Dag & Nacht* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *The Letter for the King* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Every Day* (2018), Producer
- *Tulip Fever* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Brimstone* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Sing Street* (2016), Producer
- *Alone in Berlin* (2016), Producer
- *The Casual Vacancy* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *Lay the Favorite* (2012), Producer
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Toast* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Chatroom* (2010), Producer
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), Producer
- *Small Island* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *Fish Tank* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009), Executive Producer
- *No Flesh Shall Be Spared* (2009), Actor
- *Brick Lane* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Puffball* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Grow Your Own* (2007), Executive Producer
- *This Is England* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md)
- *Straightheads* (2007), Executive Producer
- *London to Brighton* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/london-to-brighton.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *The Wind That Shakes the Barley* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Shooting Dogs* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)
- *The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Yes* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Tickets* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Innocence* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Bullet Boy* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Kiss of Life* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)
- *Intermission* (2003), Executive Producer
- *This Little Life* (2003), Co-Executive Producer
- *Tomorrow La Scala!* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Anita and Me* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Magdalene Sisters* (2002), Executive Producer
- *AKA* (2002), Executive Producer
- *My Brother Tom* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Happy Now* (2001), Co-Executive Producer
- *Paranoid* (2000), Producer
- *Milk* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Roseanna's Grave* (1997), Producer
- *Boston Kickout* (1995), Executive Producer
- *The Young Americans* (1993), Producer
- *Dust Devil* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Hardware* (1990), Producer
- *Le petit prince*, Producer

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