Steven Moffat

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Steven Moffat at Comic-Con 2016

Steven Moffat , OBE (born November 18, 1961 in Paisley , Scotland ) is a British screenwriter who has been writing screenplays for television series since the late 1980s. He is married to the television producer Sue Vertue .

life and career

Moffat originally worked as a teacher. His debut as a screenwriter was the series Press Gang (1989), which he created with his father Bill Moffat. He continued to write for television series and was the author of two sitcoms ( Chalk and Joking Apart ). In 2000 he created the sitcom Coupling - Who with whom? with his wife as a producer. The series was very successful and ran until 2004. Four seasons with a total of 28 episodes were produced. He also wrote the never-aired pilot for the American version of the series, which was discontinued after four episodes.

2005 Moffat wrote for the series Doctor Who the two-parter The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances ( The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances ) of the Hugo Award won. For the second season he wrote the episode Das Mädchen im Kamin ( The Girl in the Fireplace ) in 2006 , for the third season 2007 the episode Don't blink ( Blink ) and for the fourth season in May 2008 the two-parter Tödliche Stille / Wald der Toten ( Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead ). At the same time, the BBC announced that Moffat would replace Doctor Who’s showrunner ( EP / managing director , executive producer and screenwriter) , Russell T Davies , from season five (shooting from 2010). As a showrunner, Moffat led the series production and financing as well as the drafting of the storylines up to the tenth season ( eleventh and twelfth doctorates ). In January 2016 it was announced that he would then pass the baton on to Chris Chibnall ( Broadchurch ).

In 2013 Moffat had a guest role in Peter Davison's short film The Five (ish) Doctors Reboot . Almost all actors in this parodic special for the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who embody self-deprecating, distorted versions of themselves, including Moffat.

Moffat also wrote the 2007 BBC TV miniseries Jekyll , a modern version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .

Together with Mark Gatiss he developed the concept of the BBC television series Sherlock , which is also successful in Germany , in which they transfer Arthur Conan Doyle's stories into modern times. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2011 for his screenplay for the first episode ( A Fall of Pink ) . In 2014 , he won the Emmy for Best Screenplay in a Miniseries or TV Movie for the episode His Last Oath .

In June 2015 Moffat was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II for his artistic merits . This honor causes the name suffix "OBE".

Filmography (selection)

Awards (excerpt)

BAFTA Awards :

  • 1991: Won Best Children's Show (Entertainment / Drama) for Press Gang
  • 1992: Nomination for Best Children's Show (Fiction) for Press Gang
  • 2008: Won Best Writer for Doctor Who (episode Blink )
  • 2008: Won Best Screenwriter for Doctor Who (Episode Blink ) ( BAFTA Cymru )
  • 2008: Nomination for Best Film or TV Writer for Doctor Who ( BAFTA Scotland )
  • 2011: Won Best Drama Series for Sherlock
  • 2012: Won Special Award as a screenwriter
  • 2012: Won Craft Award for Best Screenplay for Sherlock (episode A Scandal in Belgravia )

Hugo Award :

  • 2006: Won Best Dramatic Performance (short form) for Doctor Who (double episode The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances )
  • 2007: Won Best Dramatic Performance (Short Form) for Doctor Who (episode The Girl in the Fireplace )
  • 2008: Won Best Dramatic Performance (Short Form) for Doctor Who (Episode Blink )
  • 2011: Won Best Dramatic Performance (short form) for Doctor Who (double episode The Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang )

Emmy :

  • 2011: Nomination for Best Screenplay in a Miniseries, TV Movie or Dramatic Special for Sherlock (episode Ein Fall von Pink )
  • 2012: Nomination for Best Screenplay in a Miniseries, TV Movie or Dramatic Special for Sherlock (episode A Scandal in Belgravia )
  • 2014: Won as Best Screenplay in a Miniseries, TV Movie or Dramatic Special for Sherlock (episode His Last Oath )

Web links

Commons : Steven Moffat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steven Moffat: Production Notes . In: Doctor Who Magazine . No. 405, page 11, March 4, 2009.
  2. Coupling Writer Steven Moffat ( English ) BBC Press Office. June 16, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
  3. Steven Moffat to be Doctor Who Lead Writer and Executive Producer ( English ) BBC Press Office. May 20, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
  4. Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat quits to be Replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall ( English ) Radio Times. January 22, 2016. Accessed January 23, 2016.
  5. Jekyll - starts Saturday 16 June 2007 at 9pm on BBC One ( English ) BBC Press Office. May 23, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
  6. Emmys 2011 Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece) ( English ) Emmys. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Queen's Birthday Honors: Van Morrison knighted , telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved June 15, 2015.