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Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

Peter Straughan
Born	1968 (age 53–54)
Occupation	Dramatist

Early life

His first ambition was to be a professional musician and he achieved this while playing bass guitar with Newcastle-based band "The Honest Johns". He spent four years touring and recording with the band through the late 1980s and into the early 1990s before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University. While Peter was a student he was also a member of the band Cactusman. Peter wrote the song "Killer", which appeared on the CD album North of London, a collection of music by North East bands released through Newcastle Arts.[1]

Screenwriting

Straughan co-wrote the 2006 feature film, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and adapted Toby Young's memoir How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. He is the writer of the 2009 film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and co-writer of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay, a screenplay he wrote in collaboration with his late wife Bridget O'Connor. O'Connor died of cancer, aged 49, in 2010, before the film was released. They were awarded a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.[2]

He adapted Wolf Hall for television.[3][4] Series 2 of Wolf Hall was confirmed to be in production on 27 May 2019.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2006	Sixty Six	Screenplay
2007	Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution	Screenplay
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Screenplay
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Screenplay
2010	The Debt	Screenplay
2011	Gee Gee	Director/Screenplay	Short film
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Screenplay	BAFTA Award for Best British Film BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay British Film Bloggers Circle Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay International Cinephile Society Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay Italy Screenplay Award for Best International Adapted Screenplay Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards for Best Screenplay San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated – Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated – Association of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2014	Frank	Screenplay
2015	Our Brand Is Crisis	Screenplay
2017	The Snowman	Screenplay
2019	The Goldfinch	Screenplay

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Playhouse Presents	Director/Screenplay	Episode: "Nosferatu in Love"
2015	Wolf Hall		Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

References

External links

• Peter Straughan at British Council: Literature
• Peter Straughan at IMDb

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