Simon Blackwell

Both Oscar and BAFTA nominated and double awarding winning Simon Blackwell, wrote on the hit HBO Comedy, Veep, which he also Executive Produced with Armando Iannucci, with whom he has been working with since 2003. In 2019 Simon and Armando released a film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ‘The Personal History David Copperfield’, to rave reviews. 2020 brings his latest works - Series 2 of the critically acclaimed Channel 4 series ‘Back’ which he wrote for Mitchel and Webb and the FX and Sky comedy ‘Breeders’, which he co-created with Martin Freeman and Chris Addison; this year also brings a second series for both Breeders and Avenue 5.

Other film work includes co-writing on Chris Morris’s 'Four Lions', in collaboration with Chris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. Simon had previously collaborated with Jesse and Sam on the cult Channel 4 sitcom 'Peep Show' and has since written with Jesse on HBO’s 'Succession'. He was chief writer for The 'Thick Of It' and wrote numerous episodes of 'Peep Show'. Simon co-wrote the multi-award winning 'In The Loop' and Armstrong & Miller's streetwise WWII pilots. Hugely in demand on both sides of the Atlantic.