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Ronald Harwood

Writing

Born November 9, 1934 · Cape Town, South Africa

Died September 8, 2020

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Biography

Sir Ronald Harwood 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 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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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

2002Screenplay

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007Screenplay

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

2009as Self

Operation Daybreak

1975Screenplay

Oliver Twist

2005Screenplay

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995Writer

The Dresser

1983Producer, Screenplay, Theatre Play

Tales of the Unexpected

1979Writer

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007Screenplay

Australia

2008Screenplay

Quartet

2012Screenplay, Theatre Play

Being Julia

2004Screenplay

The Browning Version

1994Writer

Taking Sides

2001Screenplay

The Dresser

2015Writer

The First Film

2015as Himself

Arrivederci, Baby!

1966Story

The Statement

2003Writer