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name: "Stephen Fingleton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-fingleton"
fi1m_id: "stephen-fingleton"
imdb_id: "nm2850285"
tmdb_id: 1291971
wikidata_id: "Q101206430"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:13:25.276810+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."
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# Stephen Fingleton

## Identity

Stephen Fingleton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-fingleton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-fingleton
- **IMDb ID:** nm2850285
- **TMDB ID:** 1291971
- **Wikidata ID:** Q101206430
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101206430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2850285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291971

Director. Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101206430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2850285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291971

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Survivalist*](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Stephen Fingleton is a Northern Irish writer and director. Born in August 1983 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, he began with short films including *Driver* (2009), *Shirin* (2012) and *SLR* (2013), the last of which was shortlisted for an Academy Award.

His feature debut *The Survivalist* (2015), which he wrote and directed, is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in Northern Ireland. The screenplay appeared on the 2012 Hollywood Black List and topped the 2013 UK Brit List. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where Fingleton received a Special Jury Mention for Best New Narrative Director, and won the Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director at Sitges. It received a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, bafta.org, sluggerotoole.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Survivalist* (2015), Fi1m 77, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Dying Swan* (2023), Producer, Director
- *One Way* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Nightride* (2022), as Beaker (voice) · Director
- *Basho* (2017), Producer
- *Awaydays* (2016), Writer
- *The Survivalist* (2015), Writer, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)
- *Insulin* (2015), Writer
- *Magpie* (2014), Screenplay, Director
- *SLR* (2013), Writer, Director
- *Manilla Envelopes* (2006), as Fingleton · Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Shirin*, Director, Writer
- *Fog*, Director

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/stephen-fingleton