Jeff Pope was born in 1959 and is a British television producer and playwright. (Age 64).
His work on the films Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, Dirty Filthy Love, and The Fattest Man in Britain have earned him the most acclaim. He won a BAFTA in 2006 for his work on the drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and he is now the Head of ITV Productions Factual Drama. Pope started his career as a reporter for the Ealing Gazette. In 1973, he began working as a Current Affairs Researcher for London Weekend Television. Pope joined LWT in 1996 as Head of Factual Drama before moving to Granada Television in the same capacity.
Stan & Ollie (2018), a biographical comedy-drama film based on the lives of comedic double act Laurel and Hardy and starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, was written by Pope. It had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2018, and it was released in the United States on December 28, 2018, and in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2019. ITV ordered Archie, a TV series Pope wrote on Cary Grant, in 2022.
Jeff Pope’s top movies and TV shows
Pope’s production credits include Fool’s Gold: The Story of the Brink’s-Mat Robbery (1992), The One That Got Away (1996), The Show (1997), This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000), Bob Martin (2000), Essex Boys (2000), Christmas Lights (2004), Northern Lights (2006), City Lights (2007), Pierrepoint (2005), and The Fattest Man in Britain (2009).
Jeff Pope awards and nominations
Pope’s achievements were recognized in 2015 when he was awarded the Alan Clarke special BAFTA award.
