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William Boyd

Screenwriter / Film Director / Novelist / Writer | * 03/07/1952 (72) | Accra, Gold Coast [now Ghana]
William Andrew Murray Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | War

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The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdr ...

The Trench

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1999 | 2.8/5 | 1h 38min
War, History
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An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI. ...

Chaplin

FSK: 6+ years

1992 | 3.7/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and hi ...

Any Human Heart

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2010 | 3.1/5
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for William Boyd

Commander of The Order of The British Empire James Tait Black Memorial Prize John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Somerset Maugham Award Best of Young British Novelists Bodley Medal 2x Booker Prize
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Movies with William Boyd as Actor(1)

as himself2000 Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange'

TV Shows/Series with William Boyd as Actor(1)

as himself1975 Apostrophes

Movies with William Boyd as Crew(16)

Writing/Writer2017 The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
Writing/Writer2010 Any Human Heart
Writing/Screenplay2005 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Writing/Author2005 Man to Man
Writing/Screenplay2001 Sword of Honour
Directing/Director1999 The Trench
Writing/Writer1999 The Trench
Production/Co-Producer1994 A Good Man in Africa
Writing/Writer1994 A Good Man in Africa
Writing/Novel1994 A Good Man in Africa
Writing/Screenplay1992 Chaplin
Writing/Screenplay1990 Mister Johnson
Writing/Novel1988 Stars & Bars
Writing/Screenplay1988 Stars & Bars
Writing/Writer1985 Dutch Girls
Writing/Writer1983 Good and Bad at Games

TV Shows/Series with William Boyd as Crew(4)

Production/Executive Producer2020 Spy City
Writing/Writer2020 Spy City
Creator/Creator2020 Spy City
Writing/Writer2005 ShakespeaRe-Told

Additional Information

Full Name: William Boyd
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 03/07 1952 (March) in Accra, Gold Coast [now Ghana] (current age: 72 years + 42 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Jesus College, University of Glasgow, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Gordonstoun, University of Côte d'Azur
Employer: University of Oxford
Member of: Royal Society of Literature
Other names for William Boyd (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"William Boyd (writer)"
"William Boyd (Schriftsteller)"
William Boyd frequently works together with these people:
Julian Rhind-Tutt (3x, Actor)
Bruce Beresford (3x, Crew)
Bernard Pivot (3x, Actor)
Richard Attenborough (2x, Actor)
Herbert Pinter (2x, Crew)
Michael Bradsell (2x, Crew)
Billy Hopkins (2x, Crew)
Steve Clark-Hall (2x, Crew)
Rosemary Burrows (2x, Crew)
Andre Schmidt (2x, Crew)
Susie Figgis (2x, Crew)
Diana Hawkins (2x, Crew)

Other people with this name: William Boyd (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:124297, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024