Harold Pinter
British playwright (1930-2008) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Harold Pinter was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years.
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Joseph Losey Directed Accident and The Servant
David Hugh Jones Directed Langrishe, Go Down and Betrayal
Alan Bates Harold directed Butley (1974)
Richard Johnson Produced Turtle Diary (1985)- Clive Donner Directed Rogue Male and The Caretaker
Sam Spiegel Produced The Last Tycoon and Betrayal
Ely Landau Produced The Homecoming and Butley
Jez Butterworth Influenced by Harold, directed Mojo (1997)
Terence Rigby Also in Accident and The Homecoming
Anthony Hopkins Harold wrote The Remains of the Day (1994)
Jeremy Irons Harold wrote The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Ben Kingsley Harold wrote Betrayal and Turtle Diary
Elia Kazan Directed The Last Tycoon (1976)
Natasha Richardson Harold wrote The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Jason Robards Harold wrote The Trial and Reunion
Blake Edwards Directed The Tamarind Seed (1976)
William Friedkin Directed The Birthday Party (1968)
Robert Shaw Harold wrote The Caretaker (1963)
Paul Schrader Directed The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
James Fox Harold wrote The Remains of the Day (1994)
Simon Curtis Directed Old Times (1991)
John Crowley Directed Celebration (2007)- Edgar Scherick Produced The Birthday Party (1968)
Julian Amyes Directed No Man's Land (1978)
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His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
