Peter Straughan
Peter Straughan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Dramatist |
| Spouse | Bridget O'Connor |
Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. He has been commended [by whom?] for having a talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.
Early life
[edit]His first ambition was to be a professional musician and he achieved this while playing bass guitar with Newcastle-based band "The Honest Johns". He spent four years touring and recording with the band through the late 1980s and into the early 1990s before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University. While Peter was a student he was also a member of the band Cactusman. Peter wrote the song "Killer", which appeared on the CD album North of London, a collection of music by North East bands released through Newcastle Arts.[1]
Screenwriting
[edit]Straughan co-wrote the 2006 feature film, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and adapted Toby Young's memoir How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. He is the writer of the 2009 film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and co-writer of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay, a screenplay he wrote in collaboration with his late wife Bridget O'Connor. O'Connor died of cancer, aged 49, in 2010, before the film was released. They were awarded a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.[2]
He adapted Wolf Hall for television.[3][4] Series 2 of Wolf Hall was confirmed to be in production on 27 May 2019.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Gee Gee | Yes | Yes |
Film writer
- Sixty Six (2006)
- Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
- The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
- The Debt (2010)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Frank (2014)
- Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
- The Snowman (2017)
- The Goldfinch (2019)
- Conclave (2024)
- Crime 101 (2025)
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Playhouse Presents | Yes | Yes | Episode "Nosferatu in Love" |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | No | Yes | Miniseries |
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Whetstone, David (5 August 2014). "Bafta-winning Gateshead writer Peter Straughan on his forthcoming projects - The Journal". www.thejournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Curtis Brown".
- ^ "Wolf Hall - A Q&A with Screenwriter Peter Straughan". 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Wolf Hall is to be a BBC drama". The Daily Telegraph. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Radiotimes Wolf Hall season 2 adaptation confirmed.
External links
[edit]- Peter Straughan at British Council: Literature
- Peter Straughan at IMDb
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- 21st-century English dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century English screenwriters
- 21st-century English short story writers
- 21st-century English male writers
- 1968 births
- Alumni of Newcastle University
- Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners
- English male television writers
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- English male screenwriters
- English male short story writers
- English screenwriters
- English short story writers
- English television directors
- English television writers
- Living people
- People from Gateshead
- Writers from Tyne and Wear