Piers Ashworth is a British-born screenwriter, producer, and director. His feature film Bank Of Dave, starring Rory Kinnear and Phoebe Dynevor, was the number one film on Netflix. The sequel is currently in production.
He co-wrote hit film Fishermen’s Friends (now available on Amazon) and its sequel Fisherman’s Friends: One And All. His feature Save the Cinema, directed by Sara Sugarman and starring Jim Broadbent and Emily Mortimer, was also released on Sky Cinema in 2021.
Along with regular collaborators Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard Piers adapted the Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit for producer Peter Snell with Canal+ and Protagonist for release on Sky Cinema, starring Judi Dench, Isla Fisher and Dan Stevens, directed by Ed Hall.
His most recent feature, The Loneliest Boy In The World, is currently playing festivals, starring Max Harwood, produced by Future Artists Entertainment. Piers is also known for writing the St Trinian’s films (the first of which went on to become the second highest grossing independent feature ever made in the UK) and Burke and Hare.
He is represented in the US by Abram Nalibotsky at Gersh.
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BANK OF DAVE 2 (in production)
Starring Rory Kinnear
Directed by Chris Foggin
THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD
Starring Max Harwood
Produced by Future Artists
BANK OF DAVE
Starring Rory Kinnear and Phoebe Dynevor
Directed by Chris Foggin
Available on Netflix
FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS II
Sequel to hit film FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS
Directed by Nick Moorcroft & Meg Leonard
Co-written with Nick Moorcroft & Meg Leonard
Available on Amazon Prime
SAVE THE CINEMA
Sky Cinema
Starring Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Tom Felton and Adeel Akhtar
Directed by Sara Sugarman
BLITHE SPIRIT
Co-adapted with Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard
Sky Cinema
Starring Judi Dench, Isla Fisher and Dan Stevens
FISHERMEN’S FRIENDS
Available on Amazon
Starring Danny Mays, Tuppence Middleton and James Purfoy
Directed by Chris Foggin
Co-written with Nick Moorcroft & Meg Leonard
BURKE AND HARE
Starring Simon Pegg, Isla Fisher, Eva Green, Andy Serkis and Tom Wilkinson.
ST TRINIAN’S
Ealing Studios
Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Mischa Barton, Russell Brand and Gemma Arterton. St Trinian’s went on to become the second highest grossing independent feature ever made in the UK.
ST TRINIAN’S 2
Ealing Studios
Starring Gemma Arterton, Colin Firth, David Tennant and Rupert Everett.
GOAL 3
directed by Andy Morahan
Starring JJ Fields, Leo Gregory and Kuno Becker.
A CASE OF EVIL
Writer and co-producer
Directed by Emmy award winner Graham Theakston
Starring Richard E.Grant, Vincent D’Onofrio, Gabrielle Anwar and James D’Arcy.
OH MARBELLA
Writer, Director and Co-Producer –
Independent feature film
Starring Rik Mayall, Mike Reed, Tom Bell and Lara Belmont.
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