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Simon Blackwell Biography

Birth Name:Simon John Blackwell

Birth Place:Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom

Profession Writer, Producer, Script department

Awards

  • 2006Writer's Award-: winner
  • 2007Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best TV Comedy/Light Entertainment: winner
  • 2009BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Writing in Film or Television: winner
  • 2009British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2009CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2009ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2009Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Feature Film Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 2010Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2010BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: nominated
  • 2010Writer's Award-: winner
  • 2010Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2010Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2010ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: winner
  • 2010OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 2010OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Feature Film Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Television Comedy/Light Entertainment: nominated
  • 2010Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Television Comedy/Light Entertainment: nominated
  • 2011COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
  • 2011Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Television Comedy: winner
  • 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: Comedy: nominated
  • 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2013RTS Television Award-Writer - Comedy: winner
  • 2013WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
  • 2014OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Comedy Series: winner
  • 2014PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: nominated
  • 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2014WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: winner
  • 2015INOCA TV-Best Writing for a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: nominated
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: winner
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: winner
  • 2015WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: nominated
  • 2016WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: winner
  • 2016Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best TV Situation Comedy: winner
  • 2018Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best TV Situation Comedy: nominated
  • 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2019British Independent Film Award-Best British Independent Film: nominated
  • 2019LFW Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2019WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
  • 2019WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
  • 2020DFCC-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2020IFJA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2020Venice TV Award-Best Comedy: winner
  • 2021Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Screenplay: winner