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Jeff Pope

Producer and writer · Born January 1, 1959 (67) · Regno Unito

3 BAFTA Awards · Oscar nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Jeff Pope is a British television producer and screenwriter who co-wrote the film Pierrepoint and the television drama The Fattest Man in Britain, and who won a BAFTA in 2006 for the drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders. He is also the Head of ITV Productions Factual Drama. Pope wrote the screenplay for the 2018 film Stan & Ollie, and co-wrote the 2022 film The Lost King. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Pope, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1959 (67)
From
Regno Unito
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 51 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 35% in 30 days

What are Jeff Pope's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Survival
17%
Self
16%
Bonds
15%
Society
12%
Power
7%
Ideas
2%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Melancholic
14
Dread
9
Hopeful
6
Warm
5
Other
18

How their films linger

Hopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeff Pope's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Pope's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

51 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • Believe Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Penguin Lessons(2024)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Archie(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Reckoning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Lost King(2022)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Walk-In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Four Lives(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Isolation Stories(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • A Confession(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Hatton Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Writer

  • Stan & Ollie(2018)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Little Boy Blue(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Moorside(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Cradle to Grave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Cilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

  • The Widower(2014)

    Show Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Lucan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Lucan(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Philomena(2013)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Visitors(2013)

    as Featured Human

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Security Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer

  • Mrs Biggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Mrs Biggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Appropriate Adult(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Come Rain Come Shine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Mo(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Fattest Man in Britain(2009)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Clash of the Santas(2008)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • City Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show Creator

  • Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • See No Evil: The Moors Murders(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Northern Lights(2006)

    Show 12 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman(2005)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Dirty Filthy Love(2004)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Planespotting(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Wall of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Hot Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • Strange Relations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Essex Boys(2000)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper(2000)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Murder of Stephen Lawrence(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Place of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer · Writer

  • The One That Got Away(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Open Fire(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Magician(1993)

    Producer · Script · Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • A Question of Identity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Writer

  • The Players (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Untitled Caroline Aherne Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Untitled Social Media Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 49 titles, 46 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Philomena (2013)

$100M worldwide

Highest rated

Philomena (2013)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Archie (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 49: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting30 of 49: 6 only writing, 24 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thProducing38 of 49: 14 only producing, 24 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew12 of 49: 3 only other crew, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rd

49 titles, 25 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 23 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s18 · 1 acting · 17 crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 BAFTA Awards and 1 other major award from 17 major nominations, 2002–2020.

WinNomination
  1. 2020
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Mini-Series
  2. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
  3. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Mini-Series
  4. 2015
    • BAFTA Award, won · Special Award
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Mini-Series
  5. 2014
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Adapted Screenplay
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
  6. 2013
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Mini-Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Venice award, won · Best Screenplay
  7. 2012
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Mini-Series
  8. 2010
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
Show 3 earlier years
  1. 2007
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Drama Serial
  2. 2005
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
  3. 2002
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jeff Pope's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)

76th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Philomena (2013)

Midcredits 95th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 64/100 and the plot and story 61/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jeff Pope's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 15 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jeff Pope work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Pope's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Neil McKay shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles