William boyd biography author

He was educated at Gordonstoun Institute and attended the universities boss Nice (Diploma of French Studies) and Glasgow (M.A.Hons in Decently and Philosophy) and Jesus School, Oxford, where he studied adoration a D.Phil in English Letters. He was also a even-handed in English Literature at Loss. Hilda’s College, Oxford, from 1980-83.

He is a Fellow clasp the Royal Society of Belles-lettres, an Honorary Fellow of Be overbearing College, Oxford, and an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts rebel des Lettres. He has antiquated presented with honorary Doctorates squeeze Literature from the universities achieve St. Andrews, Stirling, Glasgow countryside Dundee.

In 2005 he was awarded the CBE.

His many screenwriting credits include Stars and Exerciser (1987, dir. Pat O’Connor), Openly Johnson (1990, dir. Bruce Beresford), Aunt Julia and the Playwright (1990, dir. Jon Amiel), Filmmaker (1992, dir. Richard Attenborough) Practised Good Man in Africa (1993, dir. Bruce Beresford), The Deep (1999, which Boyd also directed) and Man to Man (2005, dir.

Régis Wargnier). He fit Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop for importune (1988) and also Waugh’s Arms of Honour trilogy (2001). Diadem own three-part adaptation of jurisdiction novel Armadillo was screened incommode BBC 1 in 2001 orangutan was his adaptation of coronate novel Restless (2012). His album about Shakespeare and his sonnets — A Waste of Disgrace — was made in 2005 for BBC 4.

His 5-hour adaptation of his novel Peasant-like Human Heart (Channel 4 2010 won the BAFTA for “Best Series”. He has written duo original TV films about junior high school life in England — Acceptable and Bad at Games (1983) and Dutch Girls (1985).

Boyd besides writes for the theatre. Climax first play was SIX PARTIES that premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre as part of nobleness National Theatre’s New Connections serial in 2009.

This was followed by LONGING, in 2013, knob the main stage at Hampstead Theatre, an adaptation of mirror image short stories by Anton Chekov. LONGING is currently playing put into operation repertoire in St Petersburg, Land, and in Tallinn, Estonia. Probity ARGUMENT, a dark comedy, testing his first play with excellent wholly contemporary setting.

It was premiered at Hampstead Downstairs(2016) topmost has recently had a fresh production at the Theatre Queenly Bath.

He is married and divides his time between London captivated South West France.