WILLIAM NICHOLSON Writer / Director Agent: Norman North US Agent: Brian Siberell, CAA
In development:
TUTANKHAMUN Monumental Pictures
THE BONE SEASON Fox Global Productions
Film and television credits include:
EVEREST Starring Keira Knightley and Jake Gyllenhaal Working Title/Walden/Universal Directed by Baltasar Kormakur
UNBROKEN Legendary Pictures/Universal Starring Jack O’Connell and Domhnall Gleeson Directed by Angelina Jolie
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Distant Horizon/Pathé/TWC Starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris Directed by Justin Chadwick
LES MISERABLES Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh Starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe Directed by Tom Hooper
THE GOLDEN AGE Starring Cate Blanchett Directed by Shekhar Kapoor Working Title/Universal
GLADIATOR Credited re-write Starring Russell Crowe Directed by Ridley Scott *Oscar Nomination, Best Original Screenplay *BAFTA Nomination, Best Original Screenplay DreamWorks
GREY OWL Starring Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau Directed by Richard Attenborough Beaver Productions
FIRELIGHT Starring Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane Written & Directed by William Nicholson * Deauville Film Festival 1997 (out of competition) * San Sebastian Film Festival 1997: Youth Award William Nicholson
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* Cinematography Award & Special Jury Award Carnival/Wind Dancer/Hollywood Pics CRIME OF THE CENTURY Starring Isabella Rossellini, Stephen Rea Directed by Mark Rydell HBO/Astoria Prods
FIRST KNIGHT Starring Richard Gere, Sean Connery Directed by Jerry Zucker Columbia Pictures
NELL Starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson Directed by Michael Apted Egg/Fox/PolyGram
SHADOWLANDS Starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger Directed by Richard Attenborough * Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay (previously produced or published) Savoy/Spelling Int
A PRIVATE MATTER Starring Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn HBO/Longbow Productions
SARAFINA! Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo Distant Horizon/VPI/BBC
THE MARCH 95-minute film for television (One World Week) Starring Juliet Stephenson, Malick Bowens BBC
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY'S WRITER'S AWARD
SWEET AS YOU ARE 70-minute film for television Starring Miranda Richardson, Liam Neeson * BANFF Festival 1988 - Best Drama * RTS 1988 - Best Actress (Miranda Richardson) * Chicago Film Festival 1989 - Silver Hugo Award BBC
THE VISION 110-minute film for television Starring Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick, Eileen Atkins, Helena Bonham-Carter BBC
LIFE STORY 106-minute film for television Starring Jeff Goldblum, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Howard, Juliet Stephenson * Locarno Film Festival 1987 - 1st Prize, Television Movie Section * New York Film Festival 1987 - Best Television Film * BAFTA 1987 - Best Television Drama * ACE Award 1988 - Best Picture BBC
NEW WORLD 2-hour film for television Starring James Fox, Bernard Hill BBC
SHADOWLANDS Starring Claire Bloom, Joss Ackland * BAFTA 1985 - Best Television Play William Nicholson
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* BAFTA 1985 - Best Actress (Claire Bloom) * International Emmy 1986 BBC
MARTIN LUTHER, HERETIC 65-minute film for television Starring Jonathan Pryce BBC
Theatre credits include:
CRASH West Yorkshire Playhouse Starring Carolyn Backhouse, Helen Bradbury, Colin Mace Directed by Sarah Esdaile
SHADOWLANDS (West End 2007/8) Starring Charles Dance, Janie Dee, John Standing Directed by Michael Barker-Caven Wyndhams/Novello Theatres
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW (Broadway) Starring John Lithgow, Eileen Atkins, Ben Chaplin Directed by Daniel Sullivan Booth Theatre
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW Starring Janet Suzman Directed by Christopher Morahan Minerva Theatre, Chichester
KATHERINE HOWARD Starring Richard Griffiths, Emilia Fox Directed by Robin Lefevre Chichester Festival Theatre
MAP OF THE HEART (West End) Starring Patrick Malahide, Sinead Cusak Globe Theatre
SHADOWLANDS (Broadway) Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Alexander Brooks Atkinson Theatre
SHADOWLANDS (West End) Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire Queen's Theatre
Novels:
THE LOVERS OF AMHERST Quercus Published 2015
RECKLESS Quercus Published 2014
MOTHERLAND Quercus Published 2013
THE GOLDEN HOUR Quercus Published 2012
ALL THE HOPEFUL LOVERS Quercus Published 2010
THE SECRET INTENSITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE Quercus Published 2009
NOMAN William Nicholson
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Book 3 of THE NOBLE WARRIORS Trilogy Egmont Published 2007
JANGO Book 2 of THE NOBLE WARRIORS Trilogy Published 2006 Egmont
SEEKER Book 1 of THE NOBLE WARRIORS Trilogy Published 2005 Egmont
THE TRIAL OF TRUE LOVE Published 2005 Doubleday
THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS Published 2004 Doubleday
FIRESONG Book 3 of THE WIND ON FIRE Trilogy Published 2002 Egmont
SLAVES OF THE MASTERY Book 2 of THE WIND ON FIRE Trilogy Published 2001 Egmont
THE WIND SINGER Book 1 of THE WIND ON FIRE Trilogy Published 2000 Nestle Smarties Prize, Golden Award for 9+ category Winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down Egmont
THE SEVENTH LEVEL Published 1979 Granada/New American Library
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