Ronald Harwood

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-11-09 (86 years old)

Deathday

2020-09-08

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Ronald Harwood

Biography

Sir Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL (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).

Production

2005

Oliver Twist

as Screenplay

2002

The Pianist

as Screenplay

2002

Taking Sides

as Screenplay

2008

Australia

as Screenplay

1965

1991

1975

Operation: Daybreak

as Screenplay

1987

Mandela

as Writer

2012

Quartet

as Theatre Play

2012

Quartet

as Screenplay

1970

Eyewitness

as Screenplay

2003

The Statement

as Writer

1988

2015

The Dresser

as Writer

1981

Evita Peron

as Teleplay

2012

A Therapy

as Screenplay

1966

2004

Being Julia

as Screenplay

1983

The Dresser

as Producer

1983

The Dresser

as Theatre Play

1983

The Dresser

as Screenplay

1962

Private Potter

as Screenplay

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