David Ambrose

David Ambrose
David Ambrose
Born	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

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.

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

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References

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

External links

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