Jeff Pope

Film Industry Role: Writer

Nationality: British

Major Works: Philomena (2013) and Pierrepoint (2005)

Major Awards and Nominations: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay with Philomenanominated for the BAFTA Awards in 2001 for My Beautiful Son, and in 2004 for Dirty Filthy Love

Jeff Pope is a British television screenwriter and producer who co-wrote the film Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, and won a BAFTA in 2006 for the drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders.

In addition, he was also nominated for the BAFTA Awards in 2001 for My Beautiful Son, and again in 2004 for Dirty Filthy Love. In 2004 he appeared as himself in an episode of The South Bank Show. Pope was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay with Philomena, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.