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David Hare Biography

Birth Name:David Hare

Birth Place:Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Profession Writer, Director, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1975 for his work, "Knuckle"
  • Awarded Knighthood in 1998 for his contributions to British cinema
  • Began his stage career in 1968 working with the Portable Theatre Company, a London-based group he personally founded
  • Worked with numerous high profile stage companies over the course of his career including the National Theatre, the Joint Stock Theatre Company and the Royal Court Theatre, among many others
  • Founded the production company Greenpoint Films in 1982 for which he would produce numerous screenplays throughout the following decade
  • While not working on various stage productions, he has found great success in writing screenplays from adapted material for film including novels by Michael Cunningham and Bernhard Schlink

Awards

  • 1985Golden Berlin Bear-: winner
  • 1985C.I.C.A.E. Award-Competition: winner
  • 1985Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
  • 2002ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
  • 2002SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002TFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2003Movies for Grownups Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
  • 2003Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2003Discover Screenwriting Award-: nominated
  • 2003BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 2003Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2003Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2003IOMA-Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura): winner
  • 2003OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 2003PFCS Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 2003USC Scripter Award-: winner
  • 2003WGA Award (Screen)-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2004ALFS Award-British Screenwriter of the Year: winner
  • 2008EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2008Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2009Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 2009Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2009ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
  • 2009OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 2009USC Scripter Award-: nominated
  • 2012BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: nominated
  • 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2015Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Short Form TV Drama: nominated
  • 2017BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2018British Screenwriters' Award-Best Crime Writing on Television: nominated
  • 2019Globe de Cristal-Best Foreign TV Series (Meilleure série télévisée étrangère): nominated