Simon Vaughan is a British film and television producer and executive, known for his work on high-end scripted drama in the UK and internationally. Over four decades, Simon has founded or led a series of companies that have delivered many of the Uk’s most ambitious international dramas working with broadcasters and studios including the BBC, HBO, Disney+, Amazon and Fox Searchlight. Viewed collectively, there has been an emphasis on prestige IP, iconic literary titles and innovative production values. Throughout his career Vaughan executive produced several acclaimed series, including Titanic (2012) written by Julian Fellowes; Andrew Davies’ adaptations of War and Peace (2016) and Les Misérables (2018) for BBC One; Ripper Street (2012-2016), which ran for five seasons across the BBC and Amazon; Parade’s End (2012) for the BBC and HBO starring Benedict Cumberbatch; and Mike Bartlett’s Press (2018) for BBC One and PBS. In 2017, Vaughan co-wrote and executive-produced the feature film Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) for Fox Searchlight, starring Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson. In 2021, Vaughan co-founded The Story Collective, a global content studio backed by Fifth Season, where he serves as Co-Chair. Recent projects include Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Steven Knight’s A Thousand Blows for Disney+. He is also CEO and co-founder of Story Works Studios, a film and television studio complex in South West London, providing full-service production facilities and creative support for high-end scripted projects.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 13, 1970 (56)
- Kingston upon Thames, England, UK
- Producer and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Simon Vaughan's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Simon Vaughan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Simon Vaughan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Les Misérables(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
SS-GB(2017)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
War & Peace(2016)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Collection(2016)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Combat Hospital(2011)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Ben Hur(2010)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Coco Chanel(2008)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
A Bear Named Winnie(2004)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Fungus the Bogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Words of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Home Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Grange Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1978 to 2018.
Biggest box office
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Highest rated
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Most popular right now
SS-GB (2017)
Film career
- 1978Screen debut· Grange Hill
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Simon Vaughan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Simon Vaughan's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Simon Vaughan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Simon Vaughan's MovieCove titles; Stephen Campbell Moore shares the most, 2.
- Stephen Campbell MooreShared titles: Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), Ben Hur (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Campbell Moore
