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Tom Stoppard
Born 07/03/1937
(87 years old)
Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Biography
Tom Stoppard was born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia and as a child moved to England, via Singapore and India, with his family. He began his working life in 1954 as a junior reporter on The Western Daily Press in Bristol.
In 1967, his first full-length play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, was staged by the National Theatre. This play was followed by other award-winning works, including Jumpers, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (with Andre Previn), Travesties, Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia (a trilogy), and Rock 'n' Roll. His many stage adaptations and translations include Undiscovered Country (from Schnitzler); On the Razzle (Nestroy); Rough Crossing (Molnar); Henry IV (Pirandello); Heroes (Sibleyras); and The Seagull, Ivanov, and The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov). He has won four Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards.
Mr. Stoppard has also written for radio, television and film. His screen credits include Brazil (directed by Terry Gilliam), bringing him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay; Empire of the Sun (directed by Steven Spielberg), bringing him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay; Enigma (directed by Michael Apted); and Shakespeare in Love (directed by John Madden), bringing him a BAFTA Award nomination and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He directed the movie version of his own screenplay of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which won the top prize, the Golden Lion Award, at the 1990 Venice International Film Festival.
He received a knighthood in 1997, and in 2000 was awarded the Order of Merit by Her Majesty the Queen.
Screenwriter
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2017 |
Tulip Fever |
2012 |
Anna Karenina |
2005 |
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth - theater play |
2001 |
Enigma |
1998 |
Poodle Springs (TV movie) |
Shakespeare in Love |
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1991 |
Billy Bathgate |
1990 |
Largo Desolato (TV movie) |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - screenplay, theater play |
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The Russia House |
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1989 |
The Dog It Was That Died (TV movie) - screenplay, theater play |
1987 |
Empire of the Sun |
1985 |
Brazil |
1984 |
Konsert för en sluten avdelning (TV movie) |
Squaring the Circle (TV movie) |
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1979 |
The Human Factor |
1978 |
Despair |
1977 |
Travesties (TV movie) |
1975 |
The Boundary (TV movie) |
The Romantic Englishwoman |
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Three Men in a Boat (TV movie) |
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1971 |
Szabad, mint a madár (TV movie) |
Ulazi slobodan čovek (TV movie) |
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1966 |
A Separate Peace (TV movie) |
1965 |
Der Spleen des George Riley (TV movie) - theater play |
Series | ||
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2012 |
Parade's End |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
1977 |
BBC2 Play of the Week |
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1975 |
Mesélő városok |
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London (E02) |
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1973 |
BBC2 Playhouse - theater play |
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1967 |
ITV Playhouse |
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1965 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre |
Documentaries | |
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1967 |
NBC Experiment in Television (series) |
Theatrical recording | |
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2015 |
The Hard Problem |
Short | |
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1995 |
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet - theater play |
Director
Movies | |
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1990 |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead |
Actor
Movies | |
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1998 |
Poodle Springs (TV movie) |
Series | |
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2000 |
Changing Stages |
1977 |
The Newcomers |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd |
2022 |
Born to Be the King (TV movie) |
2012 |
Václav Havel, Praha - Hrad (series) |
Epizoda 2 (E02) |
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2006 |
The King's Head: A Maverick in London |
1985 |
Journey Into Light (TV movie) |
What Is Brazil? (TV movie) |
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1977 |
Bukovsky |
1964 |
The Newcomers (series) |
Short | |
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1964 |
In Side Out |