John McGrath
- Drehbuch
- 1. Juli 1935 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- 22. Januar 2002
Biografie
Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin Soldiers, The Reckoning, The Dressmaker and 1991's Robin Hood, and produced films such as Carrington and Aberdeen.
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Filmografie
- imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester · Selbst
- Making Reel History · Selbst
- Aberdeen · Koproduktion
- Mein Leben in Rosarot · Koproduktion
- Half the Picture · Produktion, Buch
- Carrington - Liebe bis in den Tod · Produktion
- Mairi Mhor · Buch
- The Long Roads · Buch, Ausführende Produktion
- Robin Hood - Ein Leben für Richard Löwenherz · Buch
- Border Warfare · Buch, Regie
- The Dressmaker · Ausführende Produktion, Buch
- Blood Red Roses · Regie, Buch
- Screen Two · Buch
- The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice · Regie, Buch
- The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something · Buch, Regie
- The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil · Various, Buch
- The Bouncing Boy · Buch
- Orkney · Buch
- Play for Today · Writer / Director, Regie
- Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr · Romanvorlage
- Die Abrechnung · Drehbuch
- Rekruten im Todesdschungel · Buch
- Double Bill · Regie
- Ereignisse beim Bewachen der Bofors-Kanone · Buch
- Das Milliarden Dollar-Gehirn · Drehbuch
- Exit 19 · Produktion
- Shotgun · Produktion, Script
- Five More · Regie, Buch
- The Day of Ragnarok · Produktion, Regie
- The Diary of a Nobody · Buch, Produktion
- Six · Buch, Regie
- The Wednesday Play · Regie
- Diary of a Young Man · Buch
- Z-Cars · Regie
- Fade to Black · Produktion