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Simon Farnaby is a screenwriter and actor and author. He is known for writing PADDINGTON, PADDINGTON 2 and the WONKA film alongside long-term collaborator Paul King. In recent years, he has also wrote the adaptation of the book THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (co-written with Scott Murray) into a feature film of the same name, starring Mark Rylance. On the TV side, Simon is known as a long time member of the THEM THERE theatrical production collective, starring in and writing HORRIBLE HISTORIES and the long-running BBC comedy GHOSTS. Simon’s first children’s book THE WIZARD IN MY SHED has also been picked up by a major studio, and his follow up THE WARRIOR IN MY WARDROBE has just hit the shelves.
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2023Production (role): WONKA (Co-writer)Company: Heyday Films / Warner BrosProject details: DIRECTOR: Paul King
STARRING: Timothée Chamalet, Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins
PRODUCED BY: David Heyman, Luke Kelly, Alexandra Derbyshire
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Rosie Alison, Kevin McCormick, Michael Siegal -
Date: 2020Production (role): THE PHANTOM OF THE OPENCompany: BabyCow Films / Cornerstone Films / AI Film / BBC FilmsProject details: DIRECTOR: Craig Roberts
STARRING: Mark Rylance
PRODUCED BY: Nichola Martin, Tom Miller and Kate Glover
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Christine Langan and James Swarbrick -
Date: 2017Production (role): MISTER BENNCompany: Mandeville / DisneyProject details:
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Date: 2016-17Production (role): PADDINGTON 2 (Co-Writer)Company: Heyday / StudiocanalProject details: DIRECTOR: Paul King
STARRING: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins
PRODUCED BY: David Heyman -
Date: 2016Production (role): MINDHORNCompany: Scott Free / BBC Films / StudiocanalProject details: DIRECTOR: Sean Foley
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Date:Production (role): MAGIC FARAWAY TREECompany: StudioCanalProject details: Producer: Sam Mendes
IN DEVELOPMENT
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2021Production (role): GHOSTS (US)Company: CBSProject details: Executive Producer
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Date: 2019 - 2021Production (role): GHOSTSCompany: BBC ONEProject details: Co-Writer & Executive Producer
6 x 30'
“With wonderful costumes and just the right balance of hammy and withering, this is jolly good fun. In all: an original and imaginative concept, slickly executed.”
Sarah Carson, The i
"The comedy is gentle and nicely observed and, for a show about death, curiously life-affirming.”
Carol Midgley, The Times
"... a landslide of puns and slapstick... repeatedly whacking you over the funny bone till you succumb.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail -
Date: 2013-16Production (role): YONDERLANDCompany: Working Title / SkyProject details: x 4 episodes