John Howlett Explained
John Howlett (4 April 1940 - 4 March 2019)[1] was an English author and screenwriter who lived in Rye, East Sussex.
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 (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 . 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
- http://www.ryenews.org.uk/news/john-howlett John Howlett RIP
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398222
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_tc_2_0?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AJohn+Howlett&keywords=John+Howlett&ie=UTF8&qid=1294009369&sr=1-2-ent&field-contributor_id=B001HPUQOM#/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3AJohn+Howlett%2Cp_82%3AB001HPUQOM&page=2&keywords=John+Howlett&ie=UTF8&qid=1294009377 Amazon catalogue - referenced:Jan 2018
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005I4OWWK/ref=docs-os-doi_0
