Jeremy Mark Noble (born 9 July 1960) is an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and actor.[1][2]
This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. (November 2012) |
Jeremy Noble | |
---|---|
Born | Jeremy Mark Noble (1960-07-09) 9 July 1960 (age 61) Stanborough Park, Garston |
Occupation | Writer, screenwriter, playwright, actor |
Education | MA English Literature |
Alma mater | Magdalene College Cambridge |
Noble attended King's School, Bruton, and read English Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by the poet Geoffrey Hill, and graduated with a 2:1 in 1987. He won a Half Blue for polo, playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University (Cambridge won 3–2, 7 June 1987). He was Honorary Treasurer for Cambridge University Polo Club.[3]
Noble moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to become a writer.[4] He has since worked with various Russian cultural figures including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sokurov, and Vladimir Bortko.[5]
Noble has written for The Washington Post,[6] St. Petersburg Press,[7] PN Review,[8] Literary Review,[9] Open Democracy Russia,[10] and Open Russia.[11] He has written extensively about Russian ballet, and for Dance Magazine.[12]
Noble has translated extensively from Russian into English, for major arts organisations and events,[13] the President of the Russian Federation,[14] and the Mayor of Moscow.[15]
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2005 film The Sun (directed by Alexander Sokurov). His play Marlene Made Me was shortlisted for the UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004. He was co-writer and guest historian for Glamour Puds, Series 2 Episode 9.[16]
He has been seen on Russian TV in the role of Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament, directed by Vladimir Bortko, and on Ukrainian TV in the role of President of the Council of Vampires in Split, directed by Vlad Lanne.[17]
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2015 film Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy),[18] directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Malcolm McDowell, Liam Cunningham, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and Andrey Chernyshov.
Noble co-wrote the book for Kingmaker the Musical, which received its premiere at the St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015.[19]
He is the editor of Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia,[20] a published account of the conversation in Red Square, Moscow, between opposition leader[21]Alexei Navalny and the Polish intellectual and former dissident Adam Michnik.
His first novel Villa Eilenroc was published in 2016.[22]
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1995 | The Glorious Tradition: A History of Russian Ballet | Video film in two volumes; written and narrated by Jeremy Noble |
1996 | Smith | Miranda Theatre, New York |
1998 | Tchaikovsky's Death | |
2004 | Marlene Made Me | Shortlisted UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004 |
2005 | The Sun (in Russian Солнце) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
Premiere: Berlin Film Festival 2005 Screened: New York Film Festival 2005 Screened: Toronto International Film Festival 2005 Screened: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005 |
2008 | Дилер (in English The Dealer) | Created, and co-written by Jeremy Noble[23]
Episode 1 Портрет Императора (in English Portrait of an Emperor) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 2 Наследница (in English The Heiress) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 3 Memento Mori (in English Memento Mori) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 4 Осквернители Могил (in English Tomb Raiders) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 5 Подделка (in English Fake) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 6 Портрет Неизвестноо (in English Portrait by an Unknown Artist) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 7 Старуха На Обочине (in English An Old Woman on the Edge) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 8 Медные Всадники (in English The Bronze Horsemen) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Igor Shiritz |
2010 | Glamour Puds | Season 2, Episode 9; co-writer and guest historian Jeremy Noble |
2011 | A Drunken Foreigner in Streets of Broken Lights (in Russian Улицы разбитых фонарей) | Othello of the Northern Palmyra, Series 11 Episode 17 (in Russian Отелло Северной Пальмиры, 17 серия)[24] |
2011 | Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament (Петр Первый. Завещение. Rossiya TV, Russia) | Premiere: "Rossiya 1" TV channel on 14 May 2011 (parts 1 and 2), and 15 May (parts 3 and 4). |
2012 | President of the Council of Vampires in Split (in Russian Сплит) | Premiere: TET TV, Ukraine, 2011 |
2015 | Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
2015 Montreal World Film Festival: Official Selection |
2015 | Kingmaker the Musical | Book by Jeremy Noble, Bill Robinson, Sophie Austin
Premiere: St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015 |