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).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Knight Bachelor
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1984 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
The Pianist
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Operation Daybreak
Oliver Twist
Cry, the Beloved Country
The Dresser
Tales of the Unexpected
Love in the Time of Cholera
Australia
Quartet
The Browning Version
Being Julia
The Dresser
The First Film
Taking Sides
Arrivederci, Baby!
The Statement