David Ambrose

David Ambrose (born 21 February 1943) is a British novelist and screenwriter whose credits include at least 20 Hollywood films, three stage plays, and many hours of television, including the controversial Alternative 3. He was born in Chorley, England, and attended Blackburn Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford.[1] He is married to artist Laurence Ambrose and lives in Switzerland.

David Ambrose
Born	(1943-02-21) 21 February 1943 Chorley, England
Occupation	Novelist and screenwriter
Language	English
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford
Notable works	Novel: Mother of God, Macmillan, 1995 Screenplays: Year of the Gun (1991); The French Revolution (1989); Taffin (1988) Chief Writer: Justice and Hadleigh TV Drama Writer: Nanny's Boy (1976), A Variety of Passion (1975), Goose with Pepper (1975)
Notable awards	Screenplay for The Survivor won the Best Script award at the International Film Festival of Catalonia
Spouse	Lauren Ambrose
Website
davidambrose.com

His screenplay for The Survivor (directed by David Hemmings) won the Best Script award at the International Film Festival of Catalonia.

Novels

• The Man Who Turned Into Himself, Jonathan Cape, 1993 (UK); reissued by MacMillan (Picador) in 2008
• Mother of God, Macmillan, 1995 (UK); Simon & Schuster, 1996 (US)
• Superstition, Macmillan, 1997 (UK); Warner Books, 1998 (US)
• The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk, Macmillan, 2000 (UK)
• Coincidence, Macmillan, 2001 (UK); Warner Books, 2002 (US)
• A Memory of Demons, Macmillan, 2003 (UK); Pocket Books, 2004 (US)

Short stories

• Hollywood Lies, Macmillan, 1996 (UK); Pan, 1998; Reprinted Pocket Books, 2008 (US)

Films

• Year of the Gun (1991) – screenplay
• The French Revolution (1989) – screenplay
• Taffin (1988) – screenplay
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) – screenplay
• Blackout (1985) – screenplay
• Amityville 3-D (1983) – screenplay (as William Wales)
• The Final Countdown (1980) – story, screenplay
• The Survivor (1980) – screenplay
• A Dangerous Summer (1980) – screenplay
• A Man Called Intrepid (1979) – screenplay
• The Fifth Musketeer (1974) – screenplay

TV specials

• Alternative 3 (1977) – original screenplay

TV feature-length films

• Remembrance (1996) – screenplay
• Fall From Grace (1994) – screenplay
• Comeback (1987) – screenplay/director
• Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) – screenplay

TV series

• Justice – chief writer, two series
• Hadleigh – chief writer, two series
• Colditz – episodes
• Public Eye – episodes
• Oil Strike North – episodes
• Orson Welles Great Mysteries – episodes

TV drama (UK)

• Nanny's Boy (1976) – writer
• A Variety of Passion (1975) – writer
• Goose with Pepper (1975) – writer
• Love Me to Death (1974) – writer
• Reckoning Day (1973) – writer
• When the Music Stops (1972) – writer
• The Professional (1972) – writer
• The Undoing (1970) – writer
• The Innocent Ceremony (1970) – writer
• Public Face (1969) – writer

Stage plays

• Siege (1972) Cambridge Theatre, London, with Alastair Sim, Stanley Holloway and Michael Bryant
• Abra-Cadaver (1990), UK, with Frank Langella
• Restoration Comedy (1991), Oxford

References

1. Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 539.

External links

• David Ambrose official website
• David Ambrose on IMDb
• David Ambrose's Books on Simon & Schuster
• David Ambrose page on Fantastic Fiction
• Mostly Fiction book review: Charlie Monk
• Book review, Mother of God