Alun Owen
Alun Owen (born November 24, 1924 in Menai Bridge , Wales , † December 6, 1994 in London , England ) was a British screenwriter.
Life
Alun Owen initially worked as an assistant manager in a theater and thus came into contact with acting. From 1952 he played minor roles in television series and films . In 1959 he started as a screenwriter. He sent his first scripts to the BBC . His first self-written piece, Progress to the Park , was recorded for radio and later performed in the West End . Another track, The Rough and Ready Lot , was produced for television by the BBC. In 1960 he wrote The Criminal, his first screenplay for a feature film , which was based on the storyline of Jimmy Sangster .
When Richard Lester was to direct the Beatles' first film , he hired Owen, with whom he had worked at ITV . The script earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1965 . Despite this success, Owen continued to work primarily in the television sector and wrote scripts for a variety of television series such as Theater 625 , ITV Saturday Night Theater and ITV Sunday Night Drama .
In the 1980s he stopped writing scripts for television. The last he wrote for the 1990 aired miniseries Come Home Charlie and Face Them .
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: The trail leads nowhere (The Criminal)
- 1964: Yeah Yeah Yeah (A Hard Day's Night)
Web links
- Alun Owen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Owen, Alun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owens, Alan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Menai Bridge , Wales |
DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1994 |
Place of death | London , England |