---
name: "Seth Grahame-Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/seth-grahame-smith"
fi1m_id: "seth-grahame-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0334381"
tmdb_id: 565491
wikidata_id: "Q311591"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "4 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:51.053124+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."
---

# Seth Grahame-Smith

## Identity

Seth Grahame-Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/seth-grahame-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** seth-grahame-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334381
- **TMDB ID:** 565491
- **Wikidata ID:** Q311591
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Grahame-Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565491

Writer and producer. Born 4 January 1976 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 4 January 1976, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Seth Jared Greenberg
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 60 (3), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Animation 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,253m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Grahame-Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565491

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lego Batman Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Now You See Me: Now You Don't*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Seth Grahame-Smith, also credited as Seth Jared Greenberg, is an American novelist, screenwriter and film producer. He was born on 4 January 1976 in Rockville Centre, New York, and graduated from Emerson College with a degree in film.

He is best known for the novels *Pride and Prejudice and Zombies* (2009) and *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (2010), both adapted into feature films. His screenwriting credits include *Dark Shadows* (2012), *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (2012), *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017) and the story for *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024). He wrote the screenplay for *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025). He co-created the MTV series *The Hard Times of RJ Berger* (2010).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Fi1m 57, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024), Fi1m 64, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice-beetlejuice.md)
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Fi1m 50, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)

### Produced (1)

- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Evan burger (origins)* (2026), Writer
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* (2024), Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice-beetlejuice.md)
- *Just Beyond* (2021), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Child's Play* (2019), Producer
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), Executive Producer
- *It* (2017), Producer
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *Pride and Prejudice and Zombies* (2016), Novel
- *Pride & Prejudice & Zombies* (2013), Novel
- *Rolling with Dad* (2013), Actor
- *Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity* (2012), Novel
- *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (2012), Screenplay, Novel
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *The Hard Times of RJ Berger* (2010), series, Writer, Creator
- *Untitled Star Trek Origin Story Film*, Writer
- *Untitled Beetlejuice 3*, Executive Producer
- *Kung Fury 2*, Producer
- *Untitled Get Smart Reboot*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Seth Grahame-Smith](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-bd6cdea5053e.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Seth_Grahame-Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Seth_Grahame-Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seth Grahame-Smith, Burr Steers, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Matt Smith and Sam Riley speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, f](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-48df9f43eaf1.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith, Burr Steers, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Matt Smith and Sam Riley speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, f — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SDCC_2015_-_Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_panel_%2819537991659%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_panel_%2819537991659%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seth Grahame-Smith, Burr Steers, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Matt Smith, Sam Riley and Lily James speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con Inte](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-e7e5e9e2dfe4.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith, Burr Steers, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Matt Smith, Sam Riley and Lily James speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con Inte — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SDCC_2015_-_Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_panel_%2819724661885%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_panel_%2819724661885%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seth Grahame-Smith speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Dieg](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-3e4b212360d3.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Dieg — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/SDCC_2015_-_Seth_Grahame-Smith_%2819103843943%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Seth_Grahame-Smith_%2819103843943%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seth Grahame-Smith speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Dieg](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-cd61e76378d8.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Dieg — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SDCC_2015_-_Seth_Grahame-Smith_%2819717766382%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Seth_Grahame-Smith_%2819717766382%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seth Grahame-Smith, Timur Bekmambetov and Benjamin Walker speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsew](https://film.one/media/person/7708/gallery-140f36c52315.jpg) Seth Grahame-Smith, Timur Bekmambetov and Benjamin Walker speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsew — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Seth_Grahame-Smith%2C_Timur_Bekmambetov_%26_Benjamin_Walker_%286852154430%29.jpg/1280px-Seth_Grahame-Smith%2C_Timur_Bekmambetov_%26_Benjamin_Walker_%286852154430%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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