James Dearden
James Dearden (born September 14, 1949 in London ) is a British screenwriter and film director .
Life
Dearden is the son of the director Basil Dearden (1911-1971) and the actress Melissa Stribling (1926-1992). Dearden made his debut as a screenwriter, director and producer of the short film The gizmo from 1977. For this he was awarded at the International Film Festival in Berlin in 1978 the Jury Prize . After further projects, he made his first feature-length film, The Cold Room, in 1984. His screenplay for A Fatal Affair , based on his own short film Diversion (1980), earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1988 . He was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Screenplay . He then turned back to his own projects, which he staged on the basis of his own scripts. Dearden took part in the competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival with The Forgotten Island .
In 2013/2014 a stage version of A Fateful Affair was created , in which Dearden was instrumental. The version has a different ending than the film.
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: The Contraption
- 1984: The Cold Room
- 1987: A Fateful Affair (Fatale Attraction)
- 1988: The Forgotten Island (Pascali's Island)
- 1991: A Kiss Before Dying (A Kiss Before Dying)
- 1999: The Fast Money - The Nick Leeson Story (Rogue Trader)
- 2018: Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Web links
- James Dearden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ timeout.com, accessed February 15, 2017
- ↑ Fatal Attraction writer: why my stage version has a different ending The Guardian (English) accessed on February 15, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dearden, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |