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William Nicholson (writer)

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William Benedict Nicholson, OBE, FRSL (born 12 January 1948) is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar. [1]

66 relations: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Awards, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, Alain Boublil, AllMovie, Anthony Hopkins, BBC, BBC News, BBC Television, Blue Peter, Breathe (2017 film), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British people, C. S. Lewis, Cambridge, Catholic Church, Christ's College, Cambridge, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Coen brothers, Crime of the Century (1996 film), David Franzoni, Debra Winger, Documentary film, Downside School, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Emmy Award, Everest (2015 film), Firelight, Firesong, First Knight, Gladiator (2000 film), Grey Owl (film), Herbert Kretzmer, Jango (novel), John Logan (writer), Joy Davidman, Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables (musical), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Mark Handley, Michael Hirst (writer), Nell (film), Noble Warriors, Noman (novel), Order of the British Empire, Richard Attenborough, Richard LaGravenese, Royal Society of Literature, ..., San Sebastián International Film Festival, Saturn Award for Best Writing, Seeker (Nicholson novel), Shadowlands (1993 film), Shadowlands (play), Simon Beaufoy, Slaves of the Mastery, Somerset, The Guardian, The Retreat from Moscow, The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life, The Wind Singer, Tony Award, Unbroken (film), Virginia Nicholson, Wind on Fire. Expand index (16 more) »

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States.

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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material.

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films is a non-profit organization established in 1972 and dedicated to the advancement of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

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Alain Boublil

Alain Boublil (born 5 March 1941) is a French musical theatre lyricist and librettist, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg for musicals on Broadway and London's West End.

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AllMovie

AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online guide service website with information about films, television programs, and screen actors.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937), better known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a British children's television programme, currently shown live on the CBBC television channel.

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Breathe (2017 film)

Breathe is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Andy Serkis in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by William Nicholson.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Claude-Michel Schönberg

Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 6 July 1944 in Vannes) is a French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil.

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Coen brothers

Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse CoenState of Minnesota.

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Crime of the Century (1996 film)

Crime of the Century is a 1996 HBO television film directed by Mark Rydell.

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David Franzoni

David Harold Franzoni (born March 4, 1947) is an American screenwriter and film producer.

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Debra Winger

Debra Lynn Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Downside School

Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent school for children aged 11 to 18, located in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Westfield and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, south west England, attached to Downside Abbey.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a 2007 British biographical drama film, and the sequel to the 1998 film Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Everest (2015 film)

Everest is a 2015 biographical adventure film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (2000).

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Firelight

Firelight is a 1997 period romance film written and directed by William Nicholson and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane.

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Firesong

Firesong is a book written by William Nicholson first published in 2002, and is the third part of the Wind On Fire trilogy.

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First Knight

First Knight is a 1995 medieval film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker.

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Gladiator (2000 film)

Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson.

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Grey Owl (film)

Grey Owl is a 1999 biopic directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Pierce Brosnan in the role of real life British schoolboy turned Indian trapper "Grey Owl," Archibald Belaney (1888–1938), and Annie Galipeau as his wife Anahareo, with brief appearances by Graham Greene and others.

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Herbert Kretzmer

Herbert Kretzmer, OBE (born 5 October 1925) is a South African-born English journalist and lyricist.

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Jango (novel)

Jango (2006), is the second book in the Noble Warriors Trilogy, written by William Nicholson.

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John Logan (writer)

John David Logan (born September 24, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film producer, and television producer.

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Joy Davidman

Helen Joy Davidman (18 April 1915 – 13 July 1960) was an American poet and writer.

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Les Misérables (2012 film)

Les Misérables is a 2012 musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and scripted by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, which also inspired a 1980 concept album and 1985 musical by Boublil and Schönberg.

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Les Misérables (musical)

Les Misérables, colloquially known in English-speaking countries as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a sung-through musical based on the novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a 2013 British-South African biographical film directed by Justin Chadwick from a script written by William Nicholson and starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.

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Mark Handley

Mark Handley is a playwright and screenwriter.

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Michael Hirst (writer)

Michael Hirst (born 21 September 1952) is an English screenwriter and producer, best known for his films Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), as well as the Emmy Award-winning television series The Tudors and Vikings.

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Nell (film)

Nell is a 1994 American drama film, directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by William Nicholson.

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Noble Warriors

The Noble Warriors Trilogy is a fantasy series, written by British novelist William Nicholson.

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Noman (novel)

Noman (2007) is the third book in the Noble Warriors Trilogy, written by William Nicholson.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014), was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician.

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Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of The Fisher King.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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San Sebastián International Film Festival

The San Sebastián International Film Festival (Festival de San Sebastián; Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country.

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Saturn Award for Best Writing

The Saturn Award for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

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Seeker (Nicholson novel)

Seeker (2005) is the first book in the Noble Warriors trilogy, written by William Nicholson.

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Shadowlands (1993 film)

Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between Irish academic C. S. Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman, her death from cancer, and how this challenged Lewis's Christian faith.

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Shadowlands (play)

Shadowlands is a play by William Nicholson.

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Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy (born 1967) is a British screenwriter.

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Slaves of the Mastery

Slaves of the Mastery is the second book in the Wind On Fire trilogy by William Nicholson.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Retreat from Moscow

The Retreat from Moscow is a play written by William Nicholson.

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The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life

The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life is a novel by the British playwright, novelist and Oscar nominated screenwriter William Nicholson.

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The Wind Singer

The Wind Singer is a young adult novel written by William Nicholson.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Unbroken (film)

Unbroken is a 2014 American war film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson, based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.

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Virginia Nicholson

Virginia Nicholson, née Bell (born 1955) is an English non-fiction author known for her works of women's history in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Wind on Fire

Wind On Fire is a fantasy trilogy written by William Nicholson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(writer)

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