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Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Television scriptwriter · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom.

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2012Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAwardGuardian Children's Fiction PrizeAward2004Carnegie MedalAwardSitges Film Festival Best Screenplay awardAward1959Born23 September 1959

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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize2012
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2012
Carnegie Medal2004
Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award2004

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He has achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming.

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Living
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Born 1959 · age 67

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