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David Nicholls is a screenwriter, as well as the author of four novels including bestsellers Starter For Ten and One Day, both of which have been adapted for the screen. One Day has sold 5 million copies around the world and is published in over 40 languages. David’s latest novel, Us, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and in the year that it was published (2014) he was named UK Author of the Year at the National Book Awards.
David worked as an actor before moving into script-editing for theatre, radio and TV, His first produced screenplay was an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s play Simpatico. He then worked in British TV for several years, writing episodes of Cold Feet as well as original series Rescue Me and I Saw You.
As a scriptwriter for TV, David’s credits include adaptations of Tess of the d’Urbervilles and original contemporary drama The 7.39, all for the BBC. As well as his own novels, David has adapted Blake Morrison’s memoir, And When Did You Last See Your Father?, starring Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth, Dickens’ Great Expectations with Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham-Carter and the 2015 adaptation of Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, featuring Carey Mulligan.
He has been nominated for a BAFTA three times, as Best Newcomer, for his work on Cold Feet and for the BBC single drama Shakespeare Retold – Much Ado About Nothing. His most recent work is Patrick Melrose – a five-part adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s novels starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason-Leigh and Hugo Weaving – and Us – a four-part adaptation of his 2014 novel for BBC One.
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2015Production (role): FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWDCompany: BBC / DNA FilmsProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): GREAT EXPECTATIONSCompany: Number 9 Films / UKFCProject details: Dir. Mike Newell
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Date: 2011Production (role): ONE DAYCompany: Focus FeaturesProject details: Adapted from David’s own novel
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess
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Date: 2007Production (role): AND WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?Company: FIlm Four / UKFC / Number 9 FilmsProject details: Film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoir
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Date: 2006Production (role): STARTER FOR TENCompany: BBC / HBO / PlaytoneProject details: Starring James McAvoy
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Date: 1999Production (role): SIMPATICO (Co-Writer)Company: Emotion Pictures / Canal +Project details: Co-written with Matthew Warchus, adapted from the play by Sam Shepard
Starring Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte and Albert Finney
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2020Production (role): USCompany: Drama Republic / BBC OneProject details: 4 x 60' adaptation of David's novel of the same title
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Date: 2017Production (role): PATRICK MELROSECompany: Rachael Horovitz / Sky AtlanticProject details: 5 x 60' adapation of the Edward St Aubyn novels
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Date: 2013Production (role): 7.39Company: Carnival / BBCProject details: 2 x 60' original drama
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Date: 2008Production (role): TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLESCompany: BBCProject details: Four-part adaptation
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Date: 2007Production (role): AFTERSUNCompany: BBCProject details: A single drama Comedy Playhouse
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Date: 2006Production (role): MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGCompany: BBC 1Project details: A loose adaptation of Shakespeare's play
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Date: 2002Production (role): RESCUE MECompany: BBC 1Project details: A six-part comedy-drama
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Date: 2001Production (role): I SAW YOUCompany: ITVProject details: Mini-series
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Date: 1999Production (role): COLD FEET SERIES THREECompany: ITV (4 Episodes)Project details: Hit series
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Publication (role)Project details
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Production (role): USProject details: Fiction
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Production (role): ONE DAYProject details: Fiction
Published in hardback in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim, and stayed in the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list for ten weeks on publication. It has since gone on to sell over 2 million copies and has been translated into thirty-seven languages
Winner of the 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year Award
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Production (role): STARTER FOR TENProject details: Fiction Novel
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Production (role): THE UNDERSTUDYProject details: Fiction Novel
Featured on BBC's Pageturners Book Club