---
name: "Simon Block"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-block"
fi1m_id: "simon-block"
imdb_id: "nm1171030"
tmdb_id: 1258146
wikidata_id: "Q24963111"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 April 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:11:48.469554+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 Block

## Identity

Simon Block

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-block
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-block
- **IMDb ID:** nm1171030
- **TMDB ID:** 1258146
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24963111
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Block, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24963111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258146

Writer. Born 1 April 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 April 1966
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Block, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24963111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258146

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Windermere Children*](https://film.one/film/the-windermere-children.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Simon Block is a British screenwriter and playwright. He has written for television and film since the 1990s, including the Channel 4 drama *The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall* (2008) and the BBC film *The Windermere Children* (2020).

His other television credits include *Home Fires* (ITV, 2015–2016), for which he wrote multiple episodes and served as creator; *The Eichmann Show* (BBC, 2015); episodes of *Lewis* (ITV); and *New Tricks* (BBC). He co-wrote the feature film *The Physician* (2013). Block studied psychology at the University of Southampton, criminology at the University of Cambridge, and law at Middlesex University. His stage plays include adaptations of *Everything Is Illuminated* and *The Knowledge*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Windermere Children* (2020), Fi1m 78, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-windermere-children.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Ruxx* (2022), series, Development Producer
- *Resurrection* (2021), Writer
- *The Windermere Children* (2020), Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-windermere-children.md)
- *A.D. The Bible Continues* (2015), series, Writer
- *The Eichmann Show* (2015), Writer
- *The Physician* (2013), Co-Writer
- *Combat Hospital* (2011), series, Writer
- *The North London Book of the Dead* (2011), Writer
- *The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall* (2008), Writer
- *Lewis* (2007), series, Screenplay
- *Trust* (2003), series, Writer, Creator
- *Wire in the Blood* (2002), series, Screenplay
- *Attachments* (2000), series, Writer
- *Pilgrim's Rest* (1997), series, Creator

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