Jack Thorne
- Writing
- December 6, 1978 · Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer. Thorne is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three connected mini-series based on the film This Is England – This Is England '86, This Is England '88and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows. In 2023, Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards and won Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards. Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. In 2026, the first-ever TV series adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies was released, with Thorne serving as screenwriter, and it received positive reviews. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Beatles: Paul · Writer
- The Beatles: John · Writer
- The Beatles: George · Writer
- The Beatles: Ringo · Writer
- Treasure Island · Executive producer, Screenplay
- Letters to My Younger Future Self
- Enola Holmes 3 · Producer, Writer
- Falling · Screenplay, Writer
- Making of Lord of the Flies · Self, Thanks
- Lord of the Flies · Executive producer, Writer
- The Hack · Writer, Executive producer
- Adolescence · Executive producer, Writer
- Toxic Town · Executive producer, Writer
- JOY · Writer, Story
- An Almost Christmas Story · Story, Screenplay
- Equal Play · Executive producer
- National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue · Writer
- Best Interests · Writer, Executive producer
- Enola Holmes 2 · Executive producer, Screenplay
- Am I Being Unreasonable? · Executive producer
- The Swimmers · Writer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · Self
- Then Barbara Met Alan · Executive producer, Writer
- National Theatre Live: After Life · Writer
- Help · Writer, Executive producer
- A Christmas Carol · Writer
- CripTales · Writer
- Dirt Music · Screenplay
- Enola Holmes · Screenplay
- The Secret Garden · Screenplay
- The Eddy · Executive producer, Writer
- Radioactive · Screenplay
- The Aeronauts · Story, Screenplay
- His Dark Materials · Writer, Executive producer
- The Accident · Writer, Executive producer
- The Virtues · Writer
- Kiri · Writer, Executive producer
- Wonder · Screenplay
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams · Writer
- National Treasure · Writer, Executive producer
- The Last Panthers · Writer, Executive producer
- This Is England '90 · Carrotbum, Writer
- War Book · Writer
- Don't Take My Baby · Writer
- Glue · Writer, Idea
- A Long Way Down · Screenplay
- Jonah · Writer
- Sinbad · Writer
- This Is England '88 · Writer
- The Fades · Writer, Screenplay
- The Swarm · Producer
- Skins · Writer, Story
- This Is England '86 · Writer, Executive producer
- The Scouting Book for Boys · Writer
- Cast Offs · Writer, Executive producer
- Skins · Writer
- The One Show · Self
- A Supermarket Love Song · Screenplay
- The Mascot · Screenplay
- Shameless · Writer
- Coming Up · Writer
- Newsnight · Self
- Question Time · Self
- The South Bank Show
- Sovereign · Screenplay
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane · Screenplay
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Jane · Screenplay
- Chork · Writer
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow · Story
- Wavewalker: Breaking Free · Writer
- Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller · Executive producer, Writer
- The Unheard · Creator, Executive producer