John Howlett

John Howlett (4 April 1940 4 March 2019)[1] was an English author and screenwriter who lived in Rye, East Sussex.

John Howlett
Born(1940-04-04)4 April 1940
Died4 March 2019(2019-03-04) (aged 78)
OccupationScreenwriter, author
NationalityEnglish
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
Notable worksif....; Cry; Love Of An Unknown Soldier
ChildrenIsabel, Suzanne
Website
www.johnhowlett.co.uk

He started his writing career by co-writing the screenplay of the 1968 feature film if...., directed by Lindsay Anderson.[2]

Education

Howlett attended Tonbridge School and Jesus College, Oxford where he studied history.

Screenwriting Credits

His writing credits cover film and TV and include both writing and adaptation.[2]

  • 1999 Doomwatch: Winter Angel (TV movie) (writer)
  • 1999 Darkness Falls (writer)
  • 1993 Colpo di coda (TV movie) (writer)
  • 1992 Touch and Die (TV movie) (writer)
  • 1992 Bonne chance Frenchie (TV mini-series) (adaptation)
  • 1990 Where Were You That Night? (TV Movie)
  • 1989 Crossing the Line (TV Series)
  • 1988 Game, Set and Match (TV series)
  • 1985 Murder of a Moderate Man (TV mini-series)
  • 1968 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
  • 1968 if.... (from an original story called "Crusaders" & script)

Other work

He was also a researcher on the 1975 TV documentary James Dean: The First American Teenager. He is the author of the 1980 biography of Frank Sinatra, together with a biography of James Dean and a number of works of fiction.

His full book credits are:[3]

Fiction

  • The Christmas Spy (1975)
  • Tango November (1976)
  • Maximum Credible Accident (1980)
  • Orange (1985)
  • Murder of a Moderate Man (1985)
  • Cry (1995)
  • Love Of An Unknown Soldier (2010)
  • A Long Road Home (2012)
  • When War Came Again (2012)
  • First Snow Of Winter (2012)

Non fiction

  • James Dean (1975)
  • Frank Sinatra (1979)

Theatre

  • Dean - West End musical with Robert Campbell. Subsequently produced in Japan by the Takarazuka Revue
  • Lorca - Musical with Theo Jaskolkowski & Robert Campbell

Radio - (BBC Radio 4)

  • Soldier, Poor man, Beggarman, Thief
  • Next Man Through the Door
  • Gone for Soldiers
  • Maximum Credible Accident

References

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005I4OWWK/ref=docs-os-doi_0

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