Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies

Known for
Writing
Born
September 20, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Rhiwbina, Wales, UK

Biography

Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.

Known For

Filmography

2020
A Suitable Boy poster

A Suitable Boy

TV · Writer · 6 eps

2018
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

TV · Writer · 6 eps

2016
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

TV · Writer · 6 eps

2014
A Poet in New York poster

A Poet in New York

Movie · Writer

2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate poster

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Movie · Writer

2014
Quirke poster

Quirke

TV · Screenplay · 2 eps

2011
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · Screenplay

2011
South Riding poster

South Riding

TV · Writer · 3 eps

2009
Sleep with Me poster

Sleep with Me

Movie · Screenplay

2008
Brideshead Revisited poster

Brideshead Revisited

Movie · Screenplay

2008
Affinity poster

Affinity

Movie · Writer

2008
The Other Boleyn Girl poster

The Other Boleyn Girl

Movie · Script Consultant

2008
Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

TV · Writer · 3 eps

2008
Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit

TV · Screenplay · 14 eps

2008
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

TV · Writer · 2 eps

2007
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · Screenplay

2007
Northanger Abbey poster

Northanger Abbey

Movie · Writer

2007
Fanny Hill poster

Fanny Hill

Movie · Screenplay

2007
The Diary of a Nobody poster

The Diary of a Nobody

Movie · Writer

2007
Fanny Hill poster

Fanny Hill

TV · Teleplay, Writer · 2 eps

2006
The Chatterley Affair poster

The Chatterley Affair

Movie · Writer

2006
The Line of Beauty poster

The Line of Beauty

TV · Adaptation · 3 eps

2005
Falling poster

Falling

Movie · Screenplay

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · Writer · 15 eps

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · Screenplay

2004
He Knew He Was Right poster

He Knew He Was Right

TV · Writer · 4 eps

2003
Boudica poster

Boudica

Movie · Writer

2002
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

TV · Writer · 3 eps

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · Writer · 4 eps

2002
Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet

TV · Screenplay · 3 eps

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · Screenplay

2001
The Tailor of Panama poster

The Tailor of Panama

Movie · Screenplay

2001
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · Writer

2001
The Way We Live Now poster

The Way We Live Now

TV · Writer · 4 eps

2000
Take a Girl Like You poster

Take a Girl Like You

TV · Writer · 3 eps

1999
B. Monkey poster

B. Monkey

Movie · Novel

1999
Wives and Daughters poster

Wives and Daughters

TV · Writer · 4 eps

1998
A Rather English Marriage poster

A Rather English Marriage

Movie · Teleplay

1998
Getting Hurt

Getting Hurt

Movie · Writer

1998
Bill's New Frock poster

Bill's New Frock

Movie · Writer

1998
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

TV · Writer · 6 eps

1996
Emma poster

Emma

Movie · Screenplay

1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders poster

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

Movie · Writer

1996
Wilderness poster

Wilderness

TV · Writer · 3 eps

1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders poster

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

TV · Writer · 4 eps

1995
Circle of Friends poster

Circle of Friends

Movie · Writer

1995
Game On poster

Game On

TV · Writer · 12 eps

1995
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · Writer · 6 eps

1995
The Final Cut poster

The Final Cut

TV · Writer · 4 eps

1994
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart poster

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

Movie · Writer

1994
Middlemarch poster

Middlemarch

TV · Writer · 6 eps

1994
Stages

Stages

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1993
Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

Movie · Writer

1993
Harnessing Peacocks poster

Harnessing Peacocks

Movie · Writer

1993
To Play the King poster

To Play the King

TV · Writer, Author · 4 eps

1993
The Boot Street Band

The Boot Street Band

TV · Writer · 6 eps

1992
The Old Devils poster

The Old Devils

Movie · Writer

1992
A Very Polish Practice poster

A Very Polish Practice

Movie · Writer

1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes poster

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

TV · Writer · 3 eps

1991
Filipina Dreamgirls poster

Filipina Dreamgirls

Movie · Writer

1991
Billy Webb's Amazing Story poster

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

TV · Characters · 6 eps

1990
House of Cards poster

House of Cards

TV · Screenstory, Writer · 4 eps

1990
Alfonso Bonzo poster

Alfonso Bonzo

TV · Writer · 6 eps

1989
A Private Life poster

A Private Life

Movie · Writer

1989
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Movie · Writer

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · Writer · 2 eps

1988
Lucky Sunil poster

Lucky Sunil

Movie · Writer

1988
Consuming Passions poster

Consuming Passions

Movie · Screenplay

1987
Inappropriate Behaviour poster

Inappropriate Behaviour

Movie · Writer

1986
Time After Time poster

Time After Time

Movie · Writer

1986
A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice

TV · Writer · 14 eps

1985
Pythons on the Mountain poster

Pythons on the Mountain

Movie · Writer

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · Writer · 4 eps

1985
Summer Season

Summer Season

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1984
Diana poster

Diana

TV · Writer · 10 eps

1981
Bavarian Night

Bavarian Night

Movie · Writer

1980
To Serve Them All My Days poster

To Serve Them All My Days

TV · Writer · 13 eps

1979
The Legend of King Arthur poster

The Legend of King Arthur

TV · Writer · 8 eps

1978
Fearless Frank poster

Fearless Frank

Movie · Writer

1978
Renoir, My Father poster

Renoir, My Father

Movie · Writer

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · Writer · 2 eps

1977
The Velvet Glove

The Velvet Glove

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1976
The Signalman poster

The Signalman

Movie · Writer

1976
A Martyr to the System poster

A Martyr to the System

Movie · Writer

1975
Grace poster

Grace

Movie · Writer

1975
The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse

Movie · Adaptation

1974
Bedtime Stories poster

Bedtime Stories

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1973
Centre Play poster

Centre Play

TV · Writer · 2 eps

1973
Sporting Scenes

Sporting Scenes

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1970
Is That Your Body, Boy

Is That Your Body, Boy

Movie · Writer

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · Writer · 1 ep