Andy Briggs Explained
| Andy Briggs |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Author and Screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 1991-present |
Andy Briggs (born 27 September 1972 in Liverpool, England)[1] is a British author and screenwriter. He wrote the Hero.com series and the Villain.net young adult novels, which are due to be developed into a television series.
Briggs career began as an uncredited writer working on story development for in 1991. Since then he has worked alone and with brother Peter Briggs on a number of projects, including the Stan Lee and Robert Evans Paramount Pictures project Foreverman. More recent television work has included story development for the Sci-Fi Channel, BKN Kids and Disney XD.
In the mid-2000s he did some writing for comics,[2] and began to develop his Hero.com/Villain.net series of young adult novels.[3] This led to new series of young adult Tarzan novels.[4]
Briggs has acknowledged Gordon Boshell's "Captain Cobwebb" books as an early influence.[5] He would often go to places to experience how it feels.
Credits
- TV & film
- Passage of the Four (aka Screaming Night) (2002 film) writer
- Rise of the Gargoyles (2009 TV movie) writer
- Ghost Town (2009 TV movie) writer
- Dark Relic (2010 TV movie) writer
- Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon (2013) writer
- Legendary: The Shocate (upcoming) writer & executive producer
- Blake: Double Identity (upcoming TV series) head writer
- Crowhurst (feature film) writer
- Comics
- (2007–2008)
- Ritual (2009)
Books
- Hero.com
- Rise of the Heroes
- Virus Attack
- Crisis Point
- Chaos Effect
- Inventory
| - Villain.net
- Council of Evil
- Dark Hunter
- Power Surge
- Collision course
- Inventory 2
|
(June 2008)
(October 2008)
(July 2009)
(March 2010) | |
- Tarzan:
- Edge:
- Warrior Number One (November 2011)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Home . andybriggs.co.uk.
- Web site: Southport.TV . 4 July 2012 . 24 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324072728/http://southport.tv/silverlight/andy-briggs/user-hp%2029-03-2012%2013.02.00/ . dead .
- http://www.southportreporter.com/545/ Southport Reporter
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/30/tarzan-new-novels Guardian.Co.UK
- http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/authors/briggsa/, Author biography on Oxford University Press website, Retrieved 30 March 2012
