Charles McKeown
Charles McKeown (born 1946 in Dudley , Worcestershire ) is a British screenwriter and actor.
Life
McKeown first appeared as an actor from the early 1970s. As a screenwriter first worked for the series Pinkerton's Progress . In 1985 he wrote the screenplay for Brazil , for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Original Screenplay in 1986 together with Terry Gilliam and Tom Stoppard . It also won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay . Another joint collaboration with Terry Gilliam followed in 1988 with the script for Die Abenteuer des Baron Münchhausen . The third cooperation took place with The Cabinet of Doctor Parnassus (2009).
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1985: Brazil
- 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
- 1999: Plunkett & Macleane - Against Death and the Devil (Plunkett & Macleane)
- 2002: Ripley's Game
- 2009: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
- 2018-2019: Hold the Sunset (TV series)
Web links
- Charles McKeown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | McKeown, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dudley , Worcestershire , England |