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David Hare

Writing

Born June 5, 1947 · St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England, UK

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Awards & recognition

  • PEN Pinter Prize · 2011
  • Writers Guild of America Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2003
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show · 1999
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1996
  • Evening Standard Theatre Awards · 1995
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  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1990
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 1985
  • Golden Bear · 1985
  • British Academy Film Awards · 1979
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
  • Knight Bachelor
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 2009 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
  • Satellite Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 2006 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
  • Writers Guild of America Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2002 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 2001 · nominated
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show · 1999 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1999 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1998 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Play · 1997 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1996 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Play · 1996 · nominated
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 1990 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1990 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1988 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Comedy · 1985 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Play · 1983 · nominated
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1978 · nominated

Filmography14 titles

The Reader

2008Screenplay

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017as Self

The Hours

2002Screenplay

Denial

2016Screenplay

The White Crow

2018Writer

Damage

1992Screenplay

Collateral

2018Executive Producer

Roadkill

2020Executive Producer, Writer

Beat the Devil

2021Director, Writer

Heading Home

1991Director

Wetherby

1985Director, Writer

Saigon: Year of the Cat

1983Associate Producer, Writer

My Zinc Bed

2008Writer

Wall

2017as Himself