Jack Thorne (writer)

Jack Thorne
Born	(1978-12-06) 6 December 1978 (age 38) Bristol, England, UK
Occupation	Playwright, screenwriter
Nationality	British
Period	2005–present
Notable awards	2009 Best British Newcomer at the London Film Festival Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for Best Drama - 2010 Fringe First Winner - 2010 Royal Television Society Best Writer (Drama) - 2011 (with Shane Meadows) BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (The Fades) - 2012 BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial (This is England 88) - 2012 BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama ("Don't Take My Baby") - 2016 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Drama Serial ("This Is England '90") - 2016 Jameson Empire Award - Best TV Series ("This Is England '90") - 2016

Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is an English screenwriter and playwright.

Born in Bristol, England, he has written for radio, theatre and film, most notably on the TV shows Skins, Cast-offs, This Is England '86, This Is England '88, This Is England '90, The Fades, The Last Panthers and the feature film The Scouting Book for Boys. He currently lives in London.

Thorne was educated at St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire.

Thorne's plays for stage include When You Cure Me (Bush Theatre, 2005), Fanny and Faggot (Finborough Theatre and tour 2007), Stacy (Arcola Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, 2007), Burying Your Brother in the Pavement (Royal National Theatre Connections Festival 2008), 2 May 1997 (Bush Theatre 2009), Bunny (Underbelly and tour 2010) which won a Fringe First at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival and Hope (Royal Court Theatre, 2014). He also collaborated on Greenland (2011) with Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Matt Charman at the National Theatre.

In 2011 he participated in the Bush Theatre's project Sixty Six Books, for which he wrote a piece based upon a book of the King James Bible.