---
name: "William Ivory"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-ivory"
fi1m_id: "william-ivory"
imdb_id: "nm0412470"
tmdb_id: 199978
wikidata_id: "Q112465547"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:07:35.050416+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."
---

# William Ivory

## Identity

William Ivory

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-ivory
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-ivory
- **IMDb ID:** nm0412470
- **TMDB ID:** 199978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112465547
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ivory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112465547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/199978

Writer. Born 1 January 1964 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1979–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [Geraldine James](https://film.one/person/geraldine-james.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ivory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112465547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/199978

## Biography

William Ivory is a British screenwriter, playwright and actor. Born in 1964 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, he worked as a binman before becoming a stagehand and then an actor at the Nottingham Playhouse. His first television writing credit was the 1991 drama *Journey to Knock*.

Ivory wrote episodes of the series *Minder* in the early 1990s and created the BAFTA-nominated series *Common as Muck*. He wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film *Made in Dagenham* and later works including *Burton and Taylor* (2013) and *The Great Escaper* (2023). He is a three-time BAFTA nominee and has also written stage plays.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Great Escaper* (2023), Writer
- *Isolation Stories* (2020), series, Writer
- *Torvill & Dean* (2018), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Whiskers and Jane* (2017), as Keith Salt
- *Truckers* (2013), series, Writer, Creator
- *Burton and Taylor* (2013), Screenplay
- *Bert & Dickie* (2012), Writer
- *Women in Love* (2011), series, Writer
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as Reporter 2 · Writer
- *Faith* (2005), Writer
- *A Thing Called Love* (2004), series, Creator
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, as DI Robben
- *Night Flight* (2002), as Keys Sergeant · Writer
- *The Closer You Get* (2000), Screenplay
- *The Sins* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *Care* (2000), as DS Devlin
- *King Leek* (1997), as Teacher · Writer
- *Sardines* (1995), as Chris Cheese
- *Common As Muck* (1994), series, Creator, Writer
- *The Merrihill Millionaires* (1993), as Ken Ashton
- *Resnick: Rough Treatment* (1993), as DC Mark Divine
- *Resnick: Lonely Hearts* (1992), as DC Mark Divine
- *Journey to Knock* (1991), Writer
- *Deptford Graffiti* (1991), as Ted
- *Ice Dance* (1989), as Lad in Disco
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Harold Peart

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