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Jack Pulman | |
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Died | 29 May 1979 | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television writer |
Jack Pulman (11 July 1925 - 29 May 1979) was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novels I Claudius and Clavdivs the God by Robert Graves.[1][2]
Born and raised in London, Pulman was renowned as "adaptor-extraordinary," having written teleplays for such literary works as Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, and War and Peace.
He died of a heart attack in London on 29 May 1979. His last screenplay, Private Schulz, went into production after his death. His widow collected a posthumous writers award from The Royal Television Society for his work on the show in 1982.
He also wrote the screenplay for the 1970 film The Executioner.
References
External links
- Jack Pulman at IMDb
- Jack Pulman at the BFI's Screenonline