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'''Ed Whitmore''' is a British [[screenwriter]]. He has written for a number of successful British TV series such as ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' and ''[[Silent Witness]]''. In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on the second season of ITV true crime drama ''[[Manhunt (2019 TV series)|Manhunt]]''. Whitmore is an alumnus of [[Westfield College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rillington-place/whitmore-malone|title = Interview with ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Ed Whitmore is an alumnus of [[Westfield College]]. |
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| ⚫ | In 2003 he wrote the ''Waking The Dead'' episode "Multistorey", which won the show an [[List of International Emmy Award winners|Emmy]] for Best International Drama Series. He adapted the book ''[[Hallam Foe (novel)|Hallam Foe]]'' into a critical well received [[Hallam Foe|film]], for which he was subsequently nominated at the [[Moët et Chandon]] [[British Independent Film Awards]] (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |title=2007 Nominations, BIFA. |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185103/http://www.bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the [[BAFTA]]-winning ''[[Sea of Souls]]'', for which he won the [[Edgar Award|Edgar Allan Poe Award]] for [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners|Best Episode in a TV Series]]. He created and wrote [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama [[Identity (TV series)|''Identity'']], which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Network]] in America. |
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He later wrote episodes of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' and ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'', as well as the miniseries ''[[Arthur & George]]'' and ''[[Rillington Place]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/ed-whitmore|title = Ed Whitmore | United Agents}}</ref> He wrote and created the ITV drama ''Manhunt'' first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights and ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on ''Manhunt'' earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay. |
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Latest revision as of 00:10, 25 December 2023
Ed Whitmore is a British screenwriter. He has written for a number of successful British TV series such as Waking the Dead and Silent Witness. In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on the second season of ITV true crime drama Manhunt. Whitmore is an alumnus of Westfield College.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2003 he wrote the Waking The Dead episode "Multistorey", which won the show an Emmy for Best International Drama Series. He adapted the book Hallam Foe into a critical well received film, for which he was subsequently nominated at the Moët et Chandon British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay,[2] as well as the BAFTA-winning Sea of Souls, for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. He created and wrote ITV drama Identity, which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the ABC Network in America.
He later wrote episodes of CSI and Strike Back, as well as the miniseries Arthur & George and Rillington Place.[3] He wrote and created the ITV drama Manhunt first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights and ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on Manhunt earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay.
References[edit]
- ^ "Interview with ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone".
- ^ "2007 Nominations, BIFA". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Ed Whitmore | United Agents".
External links[edit]
- Ed Whitmore at IMDb
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