Ol Parker

Ol Parker is a British screenwriter, director and producer. The scripts of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Mamma Mia! He is known for directing the films Here We Go Again and Ticket to Paradise.

He was born on June 2, 1969 in London. He studied at Winchester College, then studied English language and literature at Clare College, University of Cambridge.

From screenwriter to director

He started his career writing for television. He was a member of the writing staff of the youth drama Grange Hill and wrote the screenplay for Loved Up, a film about drug use among young people, which was broadcast on BBC Two in 1995. He then wrote the script for the television movie In Your Dreams. One of the first works he wrote for the cinema was 2000's It Was an Accident.

In 2005, he started directing with the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You, for which he also wrote the script. In 2011, he wrote the screenplay for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, directed by John Madden; The film reached a wide audience, and in 2015, he was also entrusted with the script of the sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Now Is Good, which he wrote and directed, was released in 2012.

In 2018, the musical based on ABBA songs, Mamma Mia! He wrote and directed Here We Go Again. In 2021, he was among the screenwriters of A Boy Called Christmas. In 2022, he wrote and directed Ticket to Paradise, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. He directed the romantic comedy Office Romance, which was released on Netflix in 2026.

Parker continues to work as a filmmaker who stands out with romantic comedies and warm-toned films that appeal to large audiences.