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Tom Stoppard Biography

Birth Name:Tomas Straussler

Birth Place:Zlín,

Profession Writer, Script department, Actor, Director, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for his services to the arts
  • Started writing when he left school at the age of 17 in order to began working as a journalist for the Western Daily Press
  • Quote: "In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness․"
  • Widely recognized for the witty humor displayed through his writings
  • Was forced to flee to Singapore with his family on the day that Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia
  • Is the uncredited rewriter of the scripts for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Sleepy Hollow" and "K-19: The Widowmaker․"

Awards

  • 1985LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1986Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
  • 1986Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
  • 1986NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1989BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 1990Bronze Horse-: nominated
  • 1990Golden Lion-: winner
  • 1991Directors' Week Award-: winner
  • 1991NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1998ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 1998BSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1998Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1998LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1998NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1999Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
  • 1999BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
  • 1999Silver Berlin Bear-Outstanding Single Achievement: winner
  • 1999CFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1999Chlotrudis Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Critics Choice Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
  • 1999FFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1999Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
  • 1999NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
  • 1999OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
  • 1999SEFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 1999WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
  • 2000Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2012Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Mini-Series: nominated
  • 2013Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best Writer: Drama: nominated
  • 2013Golden FIPA-TV Series and Serials: Screenplay: winner
  • 2013Broadcasting Press Guild Award-Best Drama Series/Serial: winner
  • 2013Writer's Award-: winner
  • 2013European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2013OFTA Television Award-Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: nominated
  • 2013RTS Television Award-Drama Serial: nominated