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'''Frank Cottrell-Boyce''' (born [[23 September (people)|23 September]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]<ref> | | image = Frank_Cottrell-Boyce.jpg | ||
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| birth date = [[23 September (people)|23 September]] [[1959 (people)|1959]] | |||
| job title = [[Writer]] | |||
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| story = ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' and ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'' | |||
| time = 2014, 2017 | |||
| non dwu = ''Brookside'', ''Coronation Street'', ''24 Hour Party People'', ''Millions'', ''Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story'', ''Framed'', ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again'', ''London 2012 Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder'', ''The Museum of Curiosity'', ''A Winter's Tale'', ''Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth'', ''Goodbye Christopher Robin'', ''Christmas University Challange'' | |||
| imdb = 0101639 | |||
| twitter = frankcottrell_b | |||
| official site = | |||
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'''Frank Cottrell-Boyce''' (born [[23 September (people)|23 September]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=FrankCottrellBoyce Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' and ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]''. | |||
== Career == | |||
Outside of ''Doctor Who'', Cottrell-Boyce is a children's novelist, as well as a screenwriter. He wrote the opening ceremony for the [[2012 Olympics|2012 Olympic Games]], which he based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]''. Cottrell-Boyce has won two major awards for children's books, and various other awards for scripts and screenplays he's written. | |||
== External | His 2004 novel {{wi|Millions (novel)|Millions}}, and the concurrent {{w|Millions (2004 film)|film of the same name}}, also written by Cottrell-Boyce, won him the 2004 Carnegie Medal (for the book), and the British Independent Film Award for best screenplay (for the film). His next novel, {{wi|Framed (Cottrell-Boyce novel)|Framed}}, in 2005, was shortlisted for many awards and prizes. In 2011, Cottrell-Boyce was commissioned to write sequels to [[Ian Fleming]]'s literary classic {{wi|Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang|Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car}}, beginning with ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again''. | ||
== External links == | |||
{{imdb name|id=0101639}} | {{imdb name|id=0101639}} | ||
{{twitter|frankcottrell_b}} | {{twitter|frankcottrell_b}} | ||
{{elx|page url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/frank-cottrell-boyce|website url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/|website name=British Council Literature}} | {{elx|page url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/frank-cottrell-boyce|website url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/|website name=British Council Literature}} | ||
{{elx|page url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?18308|website url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi|website name=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}} | {{elx|page url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?18308|website url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi|website name=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}} | ||
{{official website| | {{official website|swearbyit.typepad.com/infinity_park/|Author's blog}} (2007) | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers]] | [[Category:Doctor Who television writers]] | ||
[[Category:Writers' Guild of Great Britain award winners]] | [[Category:Writers' Guild of Great Britain award winners]] | ||
[[Category:BAFTA award nominees]] | [[Category:BAFTA award nominees]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:19, 9 March 2023
Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 23 September 1959[1]) wrote the Doctor Who television stories In the Forest of the Night and Smile.
Career[[edit]]
Outside of Doctor Who, Cottrell-Boyce is a children's novelist, as well as a screenwriter. He wrote the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games, which he based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Cottrell-Boyce has won two major awards for children's books, and various other awards for scripts and screenplays he's written.
His 2004 novel Millions, and the concurrent film of the same name, also written by Cottrell-Boyce, won him the 2004 Carnegie Medal (for the book), and the British Independent Film Award for best screenplay (for the film). His next novel, Framed, in 2005, was shortlisted for many awards and prizes. In 2011, Cottrell-Boyce was commissioned to write sequels to Ian Fleming's literary classic Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car, beginning with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
External links[[edit]]
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Twitter account
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce at British Council Literature
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Author's blog (2007)
