WILLIAM NICHOLSON
Writer / Director
Agent: Norman North
Pre-production:
THIRTEEN LIVES Magnolia Mae Films/ Storyteller Written by William Nicholson Prods/ Imagine Ent/ MGM
Film and television credits include:
HOPE GAP Origin Pictures/Protagonist Starring Bill Nighy, Annette Bening and Josh O'Connor Pictures Written & Directed by William Nicholson * Best Film Award at the Barcelona Film Festival 2020
BREATHE Starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield Imaginarium Productions Directed by Andy Serkis
EVEREST Working Title/Walden/Universal Starring Keira Knightley and Jake Gyllenhaal 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 *Golden Globe Winner, Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy *Oscar Nomination, Best Picture *BAFTA Nomination, Best Film
THE GOLDEN AGE Working Title/Universal Starring Cate Blanchett Directed by Shekhar Kapoor
GLADIATOR DreamWorks Credited re-write Starring Russell Crowe Directed by Ridley Scott *Oscar Nomination, Best Original Screenplay *BAFTA Nomination, Best Original Screenplay
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GREY OWL Starring Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau Beaver Productions Directed by Richard Attenborough
FIRELIGHT Carnival/Wind Dancer/Hollywood Pics Starring Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane Written & Directed by William Nicholson * Deauville Film Festival 1997 (out of competition) * San Sebastian Film Festival 1997: Youth Award * Cinematography Award & Special Jury Award
CRIME OF THE CENTURY HBO/Astoria Prods Starring Isabella Rossellini, Stephen Rea Directed by Mark Rydell
FIRST KNIGHT Columbia Pictures Starring Richard Gere, Sean Connery Directed by Jerry Zucker
NELL Egg/Fox/PolyGram Starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson Directed by Michael Apted
SHADOWLANDS Savoy/Spelling Int Starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger Directed by Richard Attenborough * Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay (previously produced or published)
A PRIVATE MATTER HBO/Longbow Productions Starring Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn
SARAFINA! Distant Horizon/VPI/BBC Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo
THE MARCH BBC 95-minute film for television (One World Week) Starring Juliet Stephenson, Malick Bowens
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY'S WRITER'S AWARD
SWEET AS YOU ARE BBC 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
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-3- THE VISION BBC 110-minute film for television Starring Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick, Eileen Atkins, Helena Bonham-Carter
LIFE STORY BBC 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
NEW WORLD BBC 2-hour film for television Starring James Fox, Bernard Hill
SHADOWLANDS BBC Starring Claire Bloom, Joss Ackland * BAFTA 1985 - Best Television Play * BAFTA 1985 - Best Actress (Claire Bloom) * International Emmy 1986
MARTIN LUTHER, HERETIC BBC 65-minute film for television Starring Jonathan Pryce
Theatre credits include:
KING KONG The Fugard Theatre, SA
CRASH West Yorkshire Playhouse Starring Carolyn Backhouse, Helen Bradbury, Colin Mace Directed by Sarah Esdaile
SHADOWLANDS (West End 2007/8) Wyndhams/Novello Theatres Starring Charles Dance, Janie Dee, John Standing Directed by Michael Barker-Caven
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW (Broadway) Booth Theatre Starring John Lithgow, Eileen Atkins, Ben Chaplin Directed by Daniel Sullivan
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW Minerva Theatre, Chichester Starring Janet Suzman Directed by Christopher Morahan
KATHERINE HOWARD Chichester Festival Theatre Starring Richard Griffiths, Emilia Fox Directed by Robin Lefevre
MAP OF THE HEART (West End) Globe Theatre Starring Patrick Malahide, Sinead Cusak
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-4- SHADOWLANDS (Broadway) Brooks Atkinson Theatre Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Alexander
SHADOWLANDS (West End) Queen's Theatre Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire Novels:
ADVENTURES IN MODERN MARRIAGE Quercus
THE LOVERS OF AMHERST Quercus
RECKLESS Quercus
MOTHERLAND Quercus
THE GOLDEN HOUR Quercus
ALL THE HOPEFUL LOVERS Quercus
RICH AND MAD Egmont
THE SECRET INTENSITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE Quercus
THE NOBLE WARRIORS Trilogy Egmont NOMAN (Book 3) JANGO (Book 2) SEEKER (Book 1)
THE TRIAL OF TRUE LOVE Doubleday
THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS Doubleday
THE WIND ON FIRE Trilogy Egmont FIRESONG (Book 3) SLAVES OF THE MASTERY (Book 2) THE WIND SINGER (Book 1) Nestle Smarties Prize, Golden Award for 9+ category Winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year & The Book I Couldn't Put Down
THE SEVENTH LEVEL Granada/New American Library
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