
Writing
Amy Jump
Known for
Writing
Credits
7 titles
Amy Jump’s versatility as a writer is evident in her scripts for films as diverse as Kill List, A Field in England and High-Rise, all of which she has written for director (and husband) Ben Wheatley. She received a British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay for Kill List
Known for
6.2Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Free Fire
2017
5.6Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
High-Rise
2015
6.3Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Sightseers
2012
6.2Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Kill List
2011
6.2During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
A Field in England
2013
An all-guns-blazing sci-fi action thriller about a band of misfits who hunt down and kill nocturnal underground monsters.
Freak Shift
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Behind the camera
6.2Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Free Fire
2017
5.6Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
High-Rise
2015
6.3Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Sightseers
2012
6.2Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Kill List
2011
6.2During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
A Field in England
2013
An all-guns-blazing sci-fi action thriller about a band of misfits who hunt down and kill nocturnal underground monsters.
Freak Shift
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NRIn a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Wages of Fear
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