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Simon Blackwell
17 credits since 20011 coming up
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ABOUT SIMON
Simon John Blackwell (born 27 May 1966) is an English comedy writer and producer. He is best known for his work on The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep, and for his collaborations with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain on Peep Show, Four Lions and The Old Guys. Blackwell is the creator of the comedy series Back, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, as well as Breeders, starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Known forWriting
On Cineora8 of 17 titles
Known for
The titles people know Simon from.
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What Simon is working on next.
Paddington 4WriterDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 8
- Average IMDb
- 7.5
- Highest rated
- The Thick of ItIMDb 8.7
- Working since
- 2001
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Filmography
The 2020s
2 titles · IMDb 7.2 on averageThe 2010s
5 titles · IMDb 7.3 on averageMovieScreenplay · Executive Producer
SeriesWriter · Creator · 11 episodes
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SeriesWriter · Story · Executive Producer · 2 episodes
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The 2000s
10 titles · IMDb 8.1 on average
Writer · 6 episodes
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SeriesWriter · 9 episodes
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The Impressionable Jon Culshaw
Not on CineoraWriter · 6 episodes
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Simon’s titles.
Armando IannucciCreator · Veep, In the Loop and 3 more
Peter CapaldiIn the Loop, The Thick of It and 1 more
Jesse ArmstrongCreator · Succession, Four Lions and 1 more
Hugh LaurieAvenue 5 and The Personal History of David Copperfield
Anna ChlumskyVeep and In the Loop
Rebecca FrontThe Thick of It and Avenue 5
Chris AddisonIn the Loop and The Thick of It
Olivia PouletIn the Loop and Back