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Ronald Harwood

Writer / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Playwright / Novelist | * 11/09/1934 († 85, 09/08/2020) | Cape Town (South Africa)
Sir Ronald Harwood (né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a caf� ...

The Pianist

R

2002 | 4.2/5 | 2h 30min
Drama, War
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Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he ...

Oliver Twist

PG-13

2005 | 3.4/5 | 2h 10min
Crime, Drama, Kids & Family
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Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the ...

Australia

PG-13

2008 | 3.3/5 | 2h 45min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, ...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

PG-13

2007 | 3.8/5 | 1h 52min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Ronald Harwood

Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Commander of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Knight Bachelor 3x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Ronald Harwood as Actor(2)

as himself2015 The First Film
as himself2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Movies with Ronald Harwood as Crew(34)

Writing/Writer2015 The Dresser
Writing/Theatre Play2012 Quartet
Writing/Screenplay2012 Quartet
Writing/Screenplay2012 A Therapy
Writing/Screenplay2008 Australia
Writing/Screenplay2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Writing/Screenplay2007 Love in the Time of Cholera
Writing/Screenplay2005 Oliver Twist
Writing/Screenplay2004 Being Julia
Writing/Writer2003 The Statement
Writing/Screenplay2002 The Pianist
Writing/Screenplay2001 Taking Sides
Writing/Writer1995 Cry, the Beloved Country
Writing/Writer1994 The Browning Version
Writing/Writer1991 A Fine Romance
Writing/Writer1987 Mandela
Crew/Script1987 Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Writing/Writer1985 The Doctor and the Devils
Production/Producer1983 The Dresser
Writing/Theatre Play1983 The Dresser
Writing/Screenplay1983 The Dresser
Writing/Teleplay1981 Evita Peron
Writing/Writer1979 Tales of the Unexpected: Edward the Conqueror
Writing/Screenplay1979 Tales of the Unexpected: Dip in the Pool
Writing/Screenplay1979 Tales of the Unexpected: The Way Up To Heaven
Writing/Screenplay1975 Operation: Daybreak
Writing/Screenplay1970 Eyewitness
Writing/Screenplay1970 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Writing/Writer1968 Diamonds for Breakfast
Writing/Writer1966 Drop Dead Darling
Writing/Story1966 Drop Dead Darling
Writing/Screenplay1965 A High Wind in Jamaica
Writing/Screenplay1963 The Barber of Stamford Hill
Writing/Screenplay1962 Private Potter

TV Shows/Series with Ronald Harwood as Crew(2)

Writing/Screenplay2023 Faraway Downs
Writing/Writer1979 Tales of the Unexpected

Full Name: Ronald Harwood
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 11/09 1934 (November) in Cape Town (South Africa)
Died: Tuesday, 09/08 2020 (September) in Sussex (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Sea Point High School
Member of: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Royal Society of Literature
Father: Isaac Horwitz
Mother: Isobel Pepper
Other names for Ronald Harwood (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ronald Horwitz"
"Ronald Horowitz" (Pseudonym)
Ronald Harwood frequently works together with these people:
Baz Luhrmann (12x, Crew)
Roald Dahl (9x, Crew)
Roman Polanski (6x, Actor)
Andrew Ray (6x, Actor)
Tom Courtenay (5x, Actor)
Ken Hughes (5x, Crew)
Forbes Collins (4x, Actor)
David Wilkinson (4x, Actor)
Caspar Wrede (4x, Crew)
Casper Wrede (4x, Crew)
Michael Gambon (3x, Actor)
Frank Finlay (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:29251, Added: 05/09/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024