---
name: "Paul Unwin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-unwin"
fi1m_id: "paul-unwin"
imdb_id: "nm0881391"
tmdb_id: 1221766
wikidata_id: "Q2062850"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 November 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.575329+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 Unwin

## Identity

Paul Unwin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-unwin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-unwin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0881391
- **TMDB ID:** 1221766
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2062850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Unwin_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221766

Director. Born 25 November 1957 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 November 1957, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1984–2004
- **Also known as:** 폴 언윈
- **Frequently works with:** [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (3), 2000s 75 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Soap 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Unwin_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221766

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)
- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Paul Unwin is an English film, television and theatre director and writer. Born in Reading, Berkshire, he studied drama at the University of Bristol.

He co-created the long-running BBC medical drama series *Casualty* (1986) with Jeremy Brock and has directed episodes of numerous British television series, including *Shameless* (2004), *Agatha Christie's Poirot*, *EastEnders*, *Silent Witness*, *Agatha Christie's Marple* and *Casualty*. His theatre work includes a period as artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic from 1987 to 1991. His short film *Syrup* (1994) received an Academy Award nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Creator, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Breathless* (2013), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Combat Hospital* (2011), series, Director
- *Elijah* (2008), Director
- *Kiss of Death* (2008), Director
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *NCS: Manhunt* (2002), series, Director
- *Messiah* (2001), series, Director
- *Blue Murder* (2000), Director
- *The American* (1998), Director
- *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *The Bare Necessities* (1996), Director
- *Bramwell* (1995), series, Director
- *Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune* (1995), Director
- *Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town* (1995), Writer, Director
- *Syrup* (1994), Director
- *Rik Mayall Presents* (1993), series, Director, Writer
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Syrup*

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

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