John Howlett
John Howlett | |
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Born | 4 April 1940 |
Died | 4 March 2019 | (aged 78)
Occupation | Screenwriter, author |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
Notable works | if....; Cry; Love Of An Unknown Soldier |
Children | Isabel, Suzanne |
Website | |
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John Howlett (4 April 1940 – 4 March 2019)[1] was an English author and screenwriter who lived in Rye, East Sussex.
He started his writing career by co-writing the screenplay of the 1968 feature film if...., directed by Lindsay Anderson.[2]
Education[]
Howlett attended Tonbridge School and Jesus College, Oxford where he studied history.[citation needed]
Screenwriting Credits[]
His writing credits cover film and TV and include both writing and adaptation.[2]
- 1999 (TV movie) (writer)
- 1999 Darkness Falls (writer)
- 1993 (TV movie) (writer)
- 1992 (TV movie) (writer)
- 1992 (TV mini-series) (adaptation)
- 1990 (TV Movie)
- 1989 (TV Series)
- 1988 Game, Set and Match (TV series)
- 1985 (TV mini-series)
- 1968 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
- 1968 if.... (from an original story called "Crusaders" & script)
Other Work[]
He was also a researcher on the 1975 TV documentary James Dean: The First American Teenager. He is the author of the 1980 biography of Frank Sinatra, together with a biography of James Dean and a number of works of fiction.
His full book credits are:[3]
Fiction
- The Christmas Spy (1975)
- Tango November (1976)
- Maximum Credible Accident (1980)
- Orange (1985)
- Murder of a Moderate Man (1985)
- Cry (1995)
- Love Of An Unknown Soldier (2010)
- A Long Road Home (2012)
- When War Came Again (2012)
- First Snow Of Winter (2012)
Non fiction
- James Dean (1975)
- Frank Sinatra (1979)
Theatre
- Dean - West End musical with Robert Campbell. Subsequently produced in Japan by the Takarazuka Revue
- Lorca - Musical with Theo Jaskolkowski & Robert Campbell
Radio - (BBC Radio 4)
- Soldier, Poor man, Beggarman, Thief
- Next Man Through the Door
- Gone for Soldiers
- Maximum Credible Accident
References[]
- ^ John Howlett RIP
- ^ Jump up to: a b [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Amazon catalogue - referenced:Jan 2018
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005I4OWWK/ref=docs-os-doi_0
External links[]
- John Howlett at IMDb
- Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
- English screenwriters
- People from Rye, East Sussex
- 1940 births
- 2019 deaths