---
name: "Stephen Shields"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-shields"
fi1m_id: "stephen-shields"
imdb_id: "nm3289681"
tmdb_id: 1915033
wikidata_id: "Q62124379"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 March 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:00:09.397744+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 Shields

## Identity

Stephen Shields

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-shields
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-shields
- **IMDb ID:** nm3289681
- **TMDB ID:** 1915033
- **Wikidata ID:** Q62124379
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62124379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3289681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1915033

Writer. Born 31 March 1987 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 March 1987, Dublin, Ireland
- **Also known as:** Stephen Patrick Shields, Steve
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62124379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3289681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1915033

## Biography

Stephen Shields is an Irish screenwriter. Born in Dublin in 1987, he began his career after winning RTÉ Storyland in 2010 with the web series *Zombie Bashers*. He subsequently wrote for RTÉ comedy programmes including *The Republic of Telly*, where he was the longest-serving writer, as well as *Callan's Kicks* and *Des Bishop: This Is Ireland*. He also created and wrote 32 episodes of the children's series *Tim's Tactical Tips*.

Shields received two Irish Writers' Guild Award nominations for his television work. His first produced feature film, *The Hole in the Ground* (2019), which he co-wrote with director Lee Cronin, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He co-wrote the screenplay for the horror comedy *Abigail* (2024) with Guy Busick; the film earned six IFTA Award nominations, including one for Best Script.

*Sources: iftn.ie, rte.ie, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Abigail* (2024), Fi1m 70, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Abigail* (2024), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *The Hole in the Ground* (2019), Writer

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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-shields