David Hare (playwright)
David Hare (born June 5, 1947 in Bexhill-on-Sea , East Sussex ) is a British playwright , screenwriter and director .
Life
Hare has been writing and publishing plays with mostly socio-political content since the early 1970s. His first screenplay was filmed for British television in 1973. Since 1978 he has also directed. One of his best-known films as a writer and director is the 1985 drama Wetherby , which starred Vanessa Redgrave , Ian Holm and Judi Dench . The film won the Golden Bear at the 1985 Berlinale .
He received his first Oscar nomination for his screenplay for the film The Hours , which was based on the novel of the same name by Michael Cunningham . He received another nomination in 2009 for the adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's novel Der Vorleser .
As a playwright, Hare was nominated three times for the Tony Award between 1983 and 1997 . In 2012 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
David Hare was married to the film producer Margaret Matheson from 1970 to 1980. From this marriage he is the father of three children. He has been married to the French fashion designer Nicole Farhi since 1992 . He lives in London.
Filmography
R = direction, B = script
- 1985: Wetherby - (R, B)
- 1985: A Demancipated Woman (Plenty) - Director: Fred Schepisi - (B)
- 1988: An almost anonymous relationship (Strapless) - with Bridget Fonda - (R, B)
- 1988: Paris by Night (Paris by Night) - (R, B)
- 1991: Screen Two (episode 7.01: Heading Home ) - (R, B)
- 1992: Verfassnis (Damage) - Director: Louis Malle - (B)
- 1993: The Secret Rapture - Directed by Howard Davies - (B)
- 2002: The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity (The Hours) - Director: Stephen Daldry - (B)
- 2008: My Zinc Bed - Director: Anthony Page - (B)
- 2008: The Reader (The Reader) - Director: Stephen Daldry - (B)
- 2011: The Conspiracy - Treason at the Highest Level ( Page Eight , TV movie) - with Bill Nighy - (R, B)
- 2014: The Conspiracy - Deadly Deals ( Turks & Caicos , Movie made for TV) - with Bill Nighy - (R, B)
- 2014: The Conspiracy - Merciless Hunt ( Salting the Battlefield , TV movie) - with Bill Nighy - (R, B)
- 2016: denial (denial) - Director: Mick Jackson - (B)
- 2018: The White Crow - Director: Ralph Fiennes - (B)
Works (selection)
- 1974: Knuckle (German: a city is questioned)
- 1975: Fan marriage
- 1978: Plenty (German in abundance)
- 1982: A Map of the World
- 1986: The Bay at Nice / Wrecked Eggs (Eng. The Bay of Nice / Simply Eggs)
- 1988: The Secret Rapture
- 1991: Murmuring Judges (German mills of the law)
- 1993: The Absence of War (German false peace)
- 1995: Skylight
- 1997: Amy's View (German Amy's World)
- 1998: The Judas Kiss (Eng. The Judas Kiss)
- 2000: My Zinc Bed
- 2002: The Breath of Life
- 2004: Stuff Happens
- 2006: The Vertical Hour (German time window )
- 2008: Gethsemane
Rowohlt Theater-Verlag holds the rights for the plays in Germany.
Web links
- Literature by and about David Hare in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about David Hare (playwright) in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- David Hare in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- David Hare in the Internet Broadway Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Public Theater, Stuff Happens , accessed September 7, 2019
- ^ The New York Times (April 14, 2006): David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad' , accessed October 9, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hare, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British playwright and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bexhill-on-Sea |