---
name: "Tim Firth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-firth"
fi1m_id: "tim-firth"
imdb_id: "nm0278759"
tmdb_id: 55690
wikidata_id: "Q7803492"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 October 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:44:04.211752+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."
---

# Tim Firth

## Identity

Tim Firth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-firth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-firth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0278759
- **TMDB ID:** 55690
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7803492
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Firth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7803492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55690

Writer. Born 13 October 1964 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 October 1964, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Firth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7803492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55690

## Biography

Tim Firth (born 13 October 1964) is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter. He was born in Frodsham, Cheshire.

Firth wrote for the BBC series *Minder* in 1993. His television credits include *Money for Nothing* (1993), *All Quiet on the Preston Front* (1994–1997) and *Roger and the Rottentrolls* (1996–2000). His film screenplays include *Calendar Girls* (2003), *Kinky Boots* (2005), *Blackball* (2003) and *The Wedding Video* (2012).

His stage work includes the plays *Neville's Island* (1992) and *Calendar Girls* (2008), and the musicals *Our House* (2002) and *The Band* (2017, later filmed as *Greatest Days* in 2023). He has collaborated on several projects with Gary Barlow.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Greatest Days* (2023), Writer
- *Kinky Boots: The Musical* (2019), Original Film Writer
- *The Wedding Video* (2012), Writer
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, Writer
- *Confessions of a Shopaholic* (2009), Screenplay
- *Kinky Boots* (2005), Screenplay
- *Our House* (2004), Writer, Musical
- *King of Fridges* (2004), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Calendar Girls* (2003), Screenplay
- *Blackball* (2003), Writer
- *Cruise of the Gods* (2002), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Combat Sheep* (2001), Writer
- *Border Cafe* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Flint Street Nativity* (1999), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Neville's Island* (1998), Screenplay
- *Roger and the Rottentrolls* (1996), series, Creator
- *Once Upon A Time In The North* (1994), series, Writer, Creator
- *(All Quiet on the) Preston Front* (1994), series, Writer, Creator
- *Money For Nothing* (1993), Writer
- *Screen One* (1989), series, Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

---
© 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/tim-firth