Marcel Theroux

Marcel Theroux, 2017

Marcel Raymond Theroux [ θəˈruː ] (born June 13, 1969 in Kampala , Uganda ) is a British documentary filmmaker and writer of French-Canadian-Italian descent.

Life

Born in Africa where his father taught at Makerere University , he grew up in Singapore and London . He attended the prestigious Westminster School and studied English literature at Clare College . He mainly produces his documentaries about environmental problems for Channel 4 .

He received the Somerset Maugham Award in 2002 (for Who Was Patrick March? ) And the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Strange Bodies in 2014 .

Marcel Theroux is one of the sons of Paul Theroux and brother of the television presenter Louis Theroux . His cousin is the actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux .

Works (selection)

• Who was Patrick March? . Translated from English by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann ( The paperchase ). Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48700-9 .
• Far to the north. Roman, translated by Oliver Plaschka ( Far North ) Heyne, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-52846-8 .

literature

• Uwe Neuhold: Weit im Norden , in: The Science Fiction Year 2012 , edited by Wolfgang Jeschke , Sascha Mamczak and Sebastian Pirling, Heyne, Munich 2012, pp. 414–417. ISBN 978-3-453-52972-4 (online [1] )

Individual evidence

1. ^ John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2014. In: Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved January 4, 2018 . 
2. ↑ See Das Science Fiction Jahr 2012, p. 414

Web links

• Literature by and about Marcel Theroux in the catalog of the German National Library
• Marcel Theroux in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Marcel Theroux at Open Library
• Marcel Theroux in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Marcel Theroux in the Internet Movie Database (English)