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Irvine Welsh

Writer

Represented by:

Anwar Chentoufi

Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2017
Production (role):
T2 TRAINSPOTTING
Company:
DNA Films
Project details:
Executive Producer
Writer (novel)
Director Danny Boyle
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Date: 2013
Production (role):
FILTH
Company:
Steel Mill Pictures
Project details:
Executive Producer
Writer (novel)
Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Eddie Marsan
Date: 2013
Production (role):
THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN
Company:
Angry Badger
Project details:
Consulting Producer, Writer
Date: 2009
Production (role):
GOOD ARROWS
Company:
Dust
Project details:
Director, Producer, Writer
Date: 2008
Production (role):
THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
Company:
Landsdowne Productions
Project details:
Director with 9 others
Date: 1998
Production (role):
THE ACID HOUSE
Company:
Picture Palace North
Project details:
Writer (Screenplay)
Date: 1996
Production (role):
TRAINSPOTTING
Company:
Channel 4 Films
Project details:
Writer (novel)
Director Danny Boyle
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Nominated: Academy Award
Won: BAFTA film award, BAFTA Scotland Award, Evening Standard Film Award
TELEVISION
Date: 2021-
Production (role):
CRIME
Company:
Buccaneer / Britbox / ITV
Date: 2007
Production (role):
WEDDING BELLES
Company:
Junction
Project details:
Co- Executive Producer, Writer
TV Movie
Date: 2003
Production (role):
DOSE
Company:
BBC Wales
Project details:
Executive Producer, Writer (story)
Date: 1999
Production (role):
DOCKERS
Project details:
Director: Bill Anderson
SHORT FILM
Date: 2012
Production (role):
RACHAEL
Company:
Rankin Film Productions
Project details:
Writer
Directed by Rankin
Date: 2007
Production (role):
NUTS
Project details:
Director Writer
Date: 2005
Production (role):
BAD BLOOD
Company:
Campfire
Project details:
Director Kyle Ledier
Writer with Peter Cummings, Kyle Leydier and Roger Paul
BOOKS
Date: 2025
Production (role):
MEN IN LOVE
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
Date: 2024
Production (role):
RESOLUTION
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
Date: 2022
Production (role):
THE LONG KNIVES
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
Date: 2018
Production (role):
DEAD MEN'S TROUSERS
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE BLADE ARTIST
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2015
Production (role):
A DECENT RIDE
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
Date: 2014
Production (role):
THE SEX LIVES OF SIAMESE TWINS
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2012
Production (role):
SKAGBOYS
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2009
Production (role):
REHEATED CABBAGE
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2008
Production (role):
CRIME
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2007
Production (role):
IF YOU LIKED SCHOOL YOU'LL LOVE WORK
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2006
Production (role):
THE BEDROOM SECRETS OF THE MASTER CHEFS
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 2002
Production (role):
PORNO
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Project details:
Later released in 2017 under the title 'T2 Trainspotting'
Date: 2001
Production (role):
GLUE
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ W. W. Norton (US)
Date: 1998
Production (role):
FILTH
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 1996
Production (role):
ECSTACY
Company:
Jonathan Cape/ W. W. Norton (US)
Date: 1995
Production (role):
MARABOU STORK NIGHTMARES
Company:
Jonathan Cape
Date: 1993
Production (role):
TRAINSPOTTING
Company:
Jonathan Cape

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): T2 TRAINSPOTTING
    Company: DNA Films
    Project details: Executive Producer
    Writer (novel)
    Director Danny Boyle
    Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): FILTH
    Company: Steel Mill Pictures
    Project details: Executive Producer
    Writer (novel)
    Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Eddie Marsan
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN
    Company: Angry Badger
    Project details: Consulting Producer, Writer
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): GOOD ARROWS
    Company: Dust
    Project details: Director, Producer, Writer
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
    Company: Landsdowne Productions
    Project details: Director with 9 others
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): THE ACID HOUSE
    Company: Picture Palace North
    Project details: Writer (Screenplay)
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): TRAINSPOTTING
    Company: Channel 4 Films
    Project details: Writer (novel)
    Director Danny Boyle
    Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
    Nominated: Academy Award
    Won: BAFTA film award, BAFTA Scotland Award, Evening Standard Film Award
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2021-
    Production (role): CRIME
    Company: Buccaneer / Britbox / ITV
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): WEDDING BELLES
    Company: Junction
    Project details: Co- Executive Producer, Writer
    TV Movie
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): DOSE
    Company: BBC Wales
    Project details: Executive Producer, Writer (story)
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): DOCKERS
    Company:
    Project details: Director: Bill Anderson
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): RACHAEL
    Company: Rankin Film Productions
    Project details: Writer
    Directed by Rankin
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): NUTS
    Company:
    Project details: Director Writer
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): BAD BLOOD
    Company: Campfire
    Project details: Director Kyle Ledier
    Writer with Peter Cummings, Kyle Leydier and Roger Paul
  • Date
    Publication (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): MEN IN LOVE
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
    Project details:
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): RESOLUTION
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
    Project details:
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): THE LONG KNIVES
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
    Project details:
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): DEAD MEN'S TROUSERS
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE BLADE ARTIST
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): A DECENT RIDE
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ Vintage
    Project details:
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): THE SEX LIVES OF SIAMESE TWINS
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): SKAGBOYS
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): REHEATED CABBAGE
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): CRIME
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): IF YOU LIKED SCHOOL YOU'LL LOVE WORK
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): THE BEDROOM SECRETS OF THE MASTER CHEFS
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): PORNO
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details: Later released in 2017 under the title 'T2 Trainspotting'
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): GLUE
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ W. W. Norton (US)
    Project details:
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): FILTH
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): ECSTACY
    Company: Jonathan Cape/ W. W. Norton (US)
    Project details:
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): MARABOU STORK NIGHTMARES
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): TRAINSPOTTING
    Company: Jonathan Cape
    Project details:
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