Jack Thorne
Jack Thorne is an English screenwriter and playwright who has written for radio, theatre and film. Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins, before writing Cast Offs in 2009. He has since created the shows Glue, The Last Panthers, Kiri and The Accident. He is also the writer of the television adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. He has won five BAFTA awards: Best Mini-Series for This is England ’88, Best Drama Series for The Fades, Best Single Drama for Don't Take My Baby, Best Serial for This is England ’90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure. Thorne's feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys, War Book, A Long Way Down, Wonder (starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson) and The Aeronauts (starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne). Thorne is also a prolific playwright, having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Hope, The End of History, and adaptations of Let the Right One In at the Royal Court, and Woyzeck (starring John Boyega) and A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic. He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play.
Then Barbara Met Alan
(Writer)
Then Barbara Met Alan
(Executive Producer)
The Swimmers
(Writer)
Enola Holmes 2
(Writer)
Don't Take My Baby
(Writer)
Jonah
(Writer)
Help
(Writer)
Joy
(Writer)
The Alchemist
(Screenplay)
A Long Way Down
(Screenplay)
National Theatre Live: After Life
(Writer)
Enola Holmes 2
(Executive Producer)
War Book
(Writer)
The Scouting Book for Boys
(Writer)
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
(Writer)
Sovereign
(Screenplay)
Wonder
(Screenplay)
The Aeronauts
(Story)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
(Screenplay)
TRON: Ares
(Screenplay)
Dirt Music
(Screenplay)
Equal Play
(Executive Producer)
Enola Holmes
(Screenplay)
The Aeronauts
(Screenplay)
The Aeronauts
(Executive Producer)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
(Screenplay)
Radioactive
(Screenplay)
The Secret Garden
(Screenplay)
A Christmas Carol
(Writer)
An Almost Christmas Story
(Story)
An Almost Christmas Story
(Screenplay)
Skins
(Writer)
This Is England '86
(Writer)
The Fades
(Writer)
Glue
(Creator)
Glue
(Writer)
National Treasure
(Writer)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
(Writer)
Glue
(Idea)
The Fades
(Screenplay)
This Is England '88
(Writer)
Kiri
(Writer)
The Virtues
(Writer)
The Accident
(Writer)
His Dark Materials
(Writer)
His Dark Materials
(Executive Producer)
The Eddy
(Executive Producer)
The Eddy
(Writer)
The Last Panthers
(Creator)
The Last Panthers
(Writer)
The Eddy
(Story)
Am I Being Unreasonable?
(Executive Producer)
The Fades
(Creator)
Best Interests
(Writer)
The Accident
(Executive Producer)
Toxic Town
(Executive Producer)
Toxic Town
(Writer)
Kiri
(Executive Producer)
This Is England '90
(Writer)
National Treasure
(Executive Producer)
Adolescence
(Executive Producer)
Glue
(Executive Producer)
Lord of the Flies
(Executive Producer)
Lord of the Flies
(Writer)
Glue
(Creator)
Cast Offs
(Creator)
The Last Panthers
(Creator)
This Is England '88
(Creator)
This Is England '86
(Creator)
National Treasure
(Creator)
Kiri
(Creator)
The Eddy
(Creator)
The Virtues
(Creator)
The Accident
(Creator)
Best Interests
(Creator)
His Dark Materials
(Creator)
Adolescence
(Creator)