George Kay Movies, Biography & Filmography

George Kay is an English television writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the Netflix series Lupin and Criminal, the Apple TV+ thriller Hijack, and ITV's The Long Shadow. He has also worked on the shows Litvinenko, Stag, My Mad Fat Diary, The Hour, The Tunnel, and the first season of Killing Eve. Whilst a teenage student at Wellington College, Berkshire, Kay met director Jim Field Smith, with whom he often collaborates. Kay began his career in non-scripted entertainment, serving as head of development at Twenty Twenty Television and head of factual at Blast! Films, where he co-created productions such as The Choir, Evacuation, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Kay became a full-time writer in 2009, after he won the Brit List with his feature script…