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David Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. A former Film Editor of Time Out, Pirie has written for publications including Sight and Sound, Monthly Film Bulletin, The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. As a screenwriter, Pirie has achieved a reputation for his noirish original thrillers, classic adaptations and period gothic pieces including the hit ITV series Murderland starring Robbie Coltrane (2009). Pirie was nominated for a BAFTA for his adaptation of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White (BBC, 1997), and in 2018 he co-executive produced the BBC's five hour production of the same novel, starring Jessie Buckley. Pirie is the creator of the Murder Rooms novels and BBC TV dramas. His work for TV and film includes the New York TV Festival award-winning Rainy Day Women (1984); Element of Doubt (1996), Natural Lies (1992); Ashenden (1991), and Black Easter (1995) and he also worked (uncredited) on the screenplay for Lars von Trier's Oscar-nominated Breaking the Waves (1996).

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 10/17/2024
      ISBN-13 9781350303799
      978-1350303799
      ISBN-10 1350303798
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      David Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. A former Film Editor of Time Out, Pirie has written for publications including Sight and Sound, Monthly Film Bulletin, The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. As a screenwriter, Pirie has achieved a reputation for his noirish original thrillers, classic adaptations and period gothic pieces including the hit ITV series Murderland starring Robbie Coltrane (2009). Pirie was nominated for a BAFTA for his adaptation of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White (BBC, 1997), and in 2018 he co-executive produced the BBC's five hour production of the same novel, starring Jessie Buckley. Pirie is the creator of the Murder Rooms novels and BBC TV dramas. His work for TV and film includes the New York TV Festival award-winning Rainy Day Women (1984); Element of Doubt (1996), Natural Lies (1992); Ashenden (1991), and Black Easter (1995) and he also worked (uncredited) on the screenplay for Lars von Trier's Oscar-nominated Breaking the Waves (1996).

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