---
name: "Simon Blackwell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-blackwell"
fi1m_id: "simon-blackwell"
imdb_id: "nm1006581"
tmdb_id: 93494
wikidata_id: "Q7518291"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "27 May 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T00:55:52.437964+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."
---

# Simon Blackwell

## Identity

Simon Blackwell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-blackwell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-blackwell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1006581
- **TMDB ID:** 93494
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7518291
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Blackwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518291, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1006581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93494

Writer and producer. Born 27 May 1966 in Battersea.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 27 May 1966, Battersea
- **Active:** 2005–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md), [Jesse Armstrong](https://film.one/person/jesse-armstrong.md), [Chris Addison](https://film.one/person/chris-addison.md), [Peter Capaldi](https://film.one/person/peter-capaldi.md), [Tony Roche](https://film.one/person/tony-roche.md), [Adam Tandy](https://film.one/person/adam-tandy.md), [Becky Martin](https://film.one/person/becky-martin.md), [Chris Morris](https://film.one/person/chris-morris.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 93 (2), 2010s 86 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 78 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 2, Crime 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $24m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Blackwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518291, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1006581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93494

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thick of It*](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md) (94), [*In the Loop*](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md) (92)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Four Lions*](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md) (94)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Simon Blackwell is an English comedy writer and producer. He was born on 27 May 1966 in Battersea, London, and graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge as a mature student before working as a sub-editor for magazines. He began writing for television comedy in 1999.

Blackwell wrote on all four series of *The Thick of It* (2005–2012) and co-wrote its feature spin-off *In the Loop* (2009). He collaborated with Armando Iannucci on *Veep* (2012–2015), serving as writer and executive producer and winning two Primetime Emmy Awards. He created the series *Back* (2017–2021) and co-created *Breeders* (2020–2023). Other credits include episodes of *Peep Show*, the screenplay for *Four Lions* (2010) and *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Other — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94, Writer, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *In the Loop* (2009), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Breeders* (2020), series, Writer, Creator
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Other — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Back* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *Trying Again* (2014), series, Creator
- *Veep* (2012), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Four Lions* (2010), as Additional Writing · Writer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *The Old Guys* (2009), series, Writer
- *In the Loop* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)
- *Spinners and Losers* (2007), Writer
- *The Rise of the Nutters* (2007), Writer
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show* (2005), series, Writer
- *2004: The Stupid Version* (2004), series, Writer
- *The Impressionable Jon Culshaw* (2004), series, Writer
- *Bounty Hamster* (2003), series, Writer
- *Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!* (2001), series, Writer
- *Paddington 4*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Simon Blackwell](https://film.one/media/person/60228/gallery-2952d9bdef5c.jpg) Simon Blackwell — honeyfitz from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Simon_Blackwell_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Simon Blackwell](https://film.one/media/person/60228/gallery-61e5ec5b0169.jpg) Simon Blackwell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *In the Loop*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2015: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Veep*

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

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