Jeremy Brock first collaborated with The Eagle director Kevin Macdonald on The Last King of Scotland. For his adaptation of Giles Foden's novel, with screenwriter Peter Morgan, Mr. Brock earned BAFTA and BAFTA (Scotland) Awards, as well as USC Scripter and British Independent Film Award nominations.
In 1985, his play In Times Like These, starring Greta Scacchi and Tim Woodward, premiered at the Bristol Old Vic. He adapted Dickens' Oliver Twist into a play which staged by director Phyllida Lloyd at the Bristol Old Vic in 1990.
He went on to co-create, with Paul Unwin, the U.K.'s most successful long-running drama series, Casualty, which was spun off into a simultaneously running series, Holby City. His teleplay The Widowmaker, directed by John Madden, was nominated for a BAFTA Award. In 1993, the critically acclaimed telefilm 15: The Life And Death Of Philip Knight, directed by Peter Kosminsky from Mr. Brock's script, won the Prix Europa for Best Single Drama.
His screenplay for [Her Majesty,] Mrs. Brown, directed by John Madden, earned him the Evening Standard Best Screenplay Award; the film was nominated for two Academy Awards and eight BAFTA Awards, the latter including Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. Judi Dench won BAFTA'S Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Queen Victoria opposite Billy Connolly.
Charlotte Gray, which Mr. Brock adapted from the Sebastian Faulks novel, was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Cate Blanchett. The project was his first teaming with the production company Ecosse Films.
He made his feature directorial debut for Ecosse with Driving Lessons, from his own original screenplay. The film starred Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, and Laura Linney. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the Russian Film Critics award, the Audience Award, and the Best Actress award at the 2006 Moscow International Film Festival.
Mr. Brock's adaptation, with Andrew Davies, of Brideshead Revisited, from the Evelyn Waugh novel, was directed by Julian Jarrold. The Ecosse production starred Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, and Hayley Atwell. His latest original screenplay, I Am Slave, is being directed by Gabriel Range. The cast includes Hiam Abbass, Nonso Anozie, Isaach De Bankolé, and Wunmi Mosaku.
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