WRITER · FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
Jimmy McGovern
Born 1949 · 77 years old38 credits since 1960
MelancholicDarkGrittyFamilyThought provoking
ABOUT JIMMY
Born in Liverpool in September, 1949, James Stanley "Jimmy" McGovern is an English screenwriter and producer. He created the television series Cracker, a popular and critical success in the UK, for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born1 January 1949
BirthplaceLiverpool, England
Known forWriting
On Cineora22 of 37 titles
Known for
The titles people know Jimmy from.
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 22
- Average IMDb
- 7.3
- Highest rated
- CrackerIMDb 8.4
- Working since
- 1960
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
4 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average
The 2010s
7 titles · IMDb 7.4 on average
The 2000s
5 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
SeriesWriter · Creator · Producer · 65 episodes
SeriesWriter · Creator · Executive Producer · 18 episodes
SeriesWriter · 2 episodes
Screenplay · Writer
MovieWriter
The 1990s
15 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
The 1980s
4 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
Writer · 1 episode
Writer · 1 episode
Writer · 1 episode
SeriesWriter · 2 episodes
The 1960s
1 title · IMDb 5.6 on average
SeriesWriter · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Jimmy’s titles.
Robert CarlylePriest, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot and 1 more
Robert PughPriest, Common and 1 more
Ricky TomlinsonCracker, Hillsborough and 1 more
David BlairDirector · Common, Care and 1 more
Stephen GrahamTime and Accused
Sean BeanTime and Broken
Christopher EcclestonHillsborough and Heart
Anna FrielBroken and The Street
