Jeff Pope
Writer-Producer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Jeff Pope is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning writer and producer. Starting his career as a journalist, he joined the Current Affairs department at London Weekend Television in 1983 and is currently Head of Factual Drama at ITV Studios.
As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the multi-award winning Philomena, which was nominated for four Academy Awards and four BAFTAs - including Best Screenplay at both ceremonies for himself and Steve Coogan. He also co-wrote and Executive Produced the multi-award winning Stan and Ollie, earning him a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding British Film of the Year.
A prolific writer and producer of major television dramas, hits include Mrs Biggs, Dirty, Filthy Love, Little Boy Blue, The Widower, Cilla, Archie, The Walk-In, A Confession, Appropriate Adult, Mo, My Beautiful Son, See No Evil and The Reckoning amongst many others.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SUSPECT: THE SHOTTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES | Etta Pictures / ITV Studios | As Writer |
THE REAL ME | As Writer, directed by Paul Whittington | |
LOVE IRELAND | Film Hub Wales | As Writer |
THE ICE MAN | Genesius | As Writer/Executive Producer |
THE PENGUIN LESSONS | 42 | As Writer |
TO CATCH A KING | BabyCow | Adaptation of Charles Spencer's novel, with Steve Coogan |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | BBC Films | Feature with Steve Coogan |
RICHARD III 2022 | Baby Cow/Pathe | Co-wrote feature with Steve Coogan. In post production. Dir. Stephen Frears, Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan starred. |
STAN & OLLIE 2018 | BBC / The Weinstein Company | Feature |
PHILOMENA 2013 | BBC/Baby Cow | Adaptation. Co-Written with Steve Coogan, Stephen Frears directing. |
PIERREPOINT 2005 | Granada | With Timothy Spall |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ARCHIE 2023 | ITV | Four part series, with Jason Isaacs |
FOUR LIVES 2022 | ITV Studios / BBC | Executive Producer |
THE WALK IN 2022 | ITV | Five part series, with Stephen Graham |
THE RECKONING 2022 | BBC Studios | TV Series starring Steve Coogan |
ISOLATION STORIES 2020 | ITV | As Writer/Executive Producer |
HATTON GARDEN 2019 | BritBox / ITV Studios / Metrodome Distribution | Writer / Executive Producer |
A CONFESSION 2019 | ITV Studios / Urban Myth Films | As Writer and Executive Producer |
LITTLE BOY BLUE 2017 | ITV | Writer - TV series x 4 eps. Starring Stephen Graham, Sinead Keenan and Brían F. O'Byrne. |
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE 2015 | ITVS | TV Series x 8 eps. Co-writer/creator with Danny Baker. |
CILLA 2014 | ITV | BAFTA and Emmy nominated 3 part TV series on the life of Cilla Black. Starring Sheridan Smith and Aneurin Barnard. |
SECURITY MEN 2013 | ITVS | TV Series |
LUCAN 2013 | ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment | Biopic of Lord Lucan, playboy aristocrat who vanished in the 1970s after the murder of his children's nanny. |
MRS BIGGS 2012 | ITV Studios | Starring Sheridan Smith and Danny Mays |
AN APPROPRIATE ADULT 2011 | Executive Producer. | |
CLASH OF THE SANTAS 2008 | ITV | |
MURDER IN THE OUTBACK 2007 | Granada | |
CITY LIGHTS 2007 | Granada | |
SEE NO EVIL 2007 | Granada | |
NORTHERN LIGHTS 2006 | Granada | |
PLANESPOTTING 2005 | Granada | |
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 2004 | Granada | |
DIRTY FILTHY LOVE 2004 | Granada | |
WALL OF SILENCE 2004 | Granada | |
DANIELLE CABLE: EYEWITNESS 2003 | Granada | |
STAN THE MAN 2002 | Granada | |
HOT MONEY 2002 | Granada | |
MY BEAUTIFUL SON 2001 | Granada | |
BOB MARTIN 2 2000 | Granada | |
ESSEX BOYS 2000 | Granada | |
THIS IS PERSONAL 2000 | Granada | |
BOB MARTIN 2000 | Granada | |
THE MURDER OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE 1999 | Granada | |
IN THE PLACE OF THE DEAD 1997 | Granada | |
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 1996 | Granada | |
OPEN FIRE 1994 | Granada | |
THE MAGICIAN 1993 | Granada | |
FOOLS GOLD 1992 | Granada |
Other
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