Piers Ashworth is a British-born screenwriter, producer, and director.
His most recent feature THE BANK OF DAVE, starring Rory Kinnear and Phoebe Dynevor, was a hit for Netflix, reaching number 1 in their UK film rankings. A sequel is in post-production.
He co-wrote hit film FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (available on Amazon) and its sequel FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: ONE AND ALL. It has also been turned into a hit musical.
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 feature SAVE THE CINEMA, directed by Sara Sugarman and starring Jim Broadbent and Emily Mortimer, was released on Sky Cinema in 2021.
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.