Vernon Harris
Vernon Harris (born February 26, 1905 in Folkestone , † February 1999 in Somerset ) was a British screenwriter .
Life
Harris worked as a screenwriter from the mid-1930s, and he also appeared in several films as an actor until 1938. In the 1930s he developed the program Band Waggon for radio, which in 1940 also resulted in a film. Several films based on his scripts were directed by Lewis Gilbert in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s . Working on the film Oliver earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1969 . At the British Academy Film Awards in 1957 he was nominated together with Hubert Gregg for a British Academy Film Award . Harris last appeared as a screenwriter in the mid-1970s. Subsequently, he worked a few more times as a script editor until the late 1980s , for films made by Lewis Gilbert.
Awards (selection)
- 1969: Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1969 awards ceremony for Oliver
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: Only five days time (emergency call)
- 1954: Four fall by the wayside (The Good die young)
- 1956: Against All Violence (Reach for the Sky)
- 1956: Three Man in a Boat
- 1957: Conditions like in paradise (The Admirable Crichton)
- 1959: Ferry to Hong Kong (Ferry to Hongkong)
- 1962: Greetings from Vienna (Almost Angels)
- 1968: Oliver (film) (Oliver!)
- 1970: Friends - A Love Story (Friends)
- 1974: Paul and Michelle (Paul and Michelle)
Web links
- Vernon Harris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vernon Gilbert Harris. In: www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
- ↑ bfi.org.uk, accessed January 1, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harris, Vernon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Folkestone |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1999 |
| Place of death | Somerset |