David Quantick
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 14, 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Movies
- 14
David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam and TV Burp. He won an Emmy Award for Veep in 2015.
Quantick was born in Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire) on 14 May 1961, adopted, and moved at an early age with his family to Plymouth. Quantick spent the 1970s in Exmouth. Quantick went to Woodford Junior School and Plymouth College, then Exmouth Comprehensive School.
He was born in 1961, in a mother-and-baby home in Wortley, Yorkshire. His mother lived in the Midlands and went to stay with an aunt In Derbyshire to conceal the fact she was pregnant. He was adopted by a family, who were living in Sheffield at the time and then moved to Plymouth.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive | Self - Comedy Writer, 'The Thick of It', 'Veep' |
| 2022 | Thatcher's Not Dead | Self |
| 2006 | Is Benny Hill Still Funny? | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Spider Island | Screenplay |
| 2023 | Sleepyman | Writer |
| 2023 | Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments | Writer |
| 2022 | Book of Love | Writer |
| 2017 | Sleigh | Writer |
| 2013 | Snodgrass | Screenplay |
| 2010 | Miliband of Brothers | Writer |
| 2009 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 | Writer |
| 2004 | Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are | Writer |
| 2001 | The Junkies | Writer |
| 1987 | Spitting Image: Election Special '87 | Writer |
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