Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 06, 1978
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Credits
72 titles
Jack Thorne
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: John
Writer
The Beatles: George
Writer
The Beatles: Paul
Writer
The Beatles: Ringo
Writer
Treasure Island
Executive Producer
Letters to My Younger Future Self
Enola Holmes 3
Producer
Falling
Screenplay
Making of Lord of the Flies
Self
Lord of the Flies
Executive Producer
The Hack
Writer
Adolescence
Executive Producer
Toxic Town
Executive Producer
JOY
Writer
An Almost Christmas Story
Story
Equal Play
Executive Producer
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Writer
Best Interests
Writer
Enola Holmes 2
Executive Producer
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Executive Producer
The Swimmers
Writer
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self - Writer and Producer
Then Barbara Met Alan
Executive Producer
National Theatre Live: After Life
Writer
Help
Writer
A Christmas Carol
Writer
CripTales
Writer
Dirt Music
Screenplay
Enola Holmes
Screenplay
The Secret Garden
Screenplay
The Eddy
Executive Producer
Radioactive
Screenplay
The Aeronauts
Story
His Dark Materials
Writer
The Accident
Writer
The Virtues
Writer
Kiri
Writer
Wonder
Screenplay
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Writer
National Treasure
Writer
The Last Panthers
Writer
This Is England '90
Carrotbum
War Book
Writer
Don't Take My Baby
Writer
Glue
Writer
A Long Way Down
Screenplay
Jonah
Writer
Sinbad
Writer
This Is England '88
Writer
The Fades
Writer