---
name: "Stephen Beresford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-beresford"
fi1m_id: "stephen-beresford"
imdb_id: "nm0073571"
tmdb_id: 192938
wikidata_id: "Q17859740"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T20:25:27.148583+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."
---

# Stephen Beresford

## Identity

Stephen Beresford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-beresford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-beresford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0073571
- **TMDB ID:** 192938
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17859740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Beresford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17859740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/192938

Writer. Born 1 January 1972 in Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Beresford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17859740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/192938

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *National Theatre at Home: Pride* (2027-07-01), Book

## Biography

Stephen Beresford is an English writer and former actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career performing in theatre and television before turning to writing.

His debut play, *The Last of the Haussmans*, premiered at the National Theatre in 2012. He wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film *Pride*, about the alliance between LGBT activists and striking miners in 1984, and co-wrote the screenplay for *Tolkien* (2019).

Beresford won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for *Pride*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Nathan Barley* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Ivan Plapp — [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Elsinore* (2026), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *National Theatre at Home: Pride* (2027), Book, Lyricist
- *Elsinore* (2026), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Three Kings* (2020), Writer
- *Tolkien* (2019), Screenplay
- *Pride: The True Story* (2015), Screenplay
- *Pride* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans* (2012), Writer
- *Nathan Barley* (2005), series, as Ivan Plapp — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nathan-barley.md)
- *He Knew He Was Right* (2004), series, as Richard
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Dancer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *She Stoops to Conquer* (2003), as Mr. George Hastings
- *Spring Awakening* (1994), as (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Stephen Beresford](https://film.one/media/person/121511/gallery-a2ce3e2f5056.jpg) Stephen Beresford — Image via TMDB
- ![Stephen Beresford](https://film.one/media/person/121511/gallery-046bbb91298b.jpg) Stephen Beresford — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2015: Best Newcomer (won), for *Pride*

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

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