Andrew Davies

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Andrew Davies is a renowned British screenwriter celebrated for his acclaimed television adaptations of classic literature, including numerous works by Jane Austen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adapter of literature
person
screenwriter
television writer
awardReceived BAFTA awards
surface form: BAFTA TV Award

Emmy Award
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award nomination
basedOnAdaptationsOf Charles Dickens
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Leo Tolstoy
William Makepeace Thackeray
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
employer BBC
ITV
fieldOfWork film
literature
television
genre literary adaptation
period drama
television drama
hasAdaptedWorksBy Charles Dickens
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Leo Tolstoy
William Makepeace Thackeray
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality British
notableFor BBC costume dramas
adaptations of Jane Austen novels
faithful yet accessible adaptations of classic novels
television adaptations of classic literature
notableWork Bleak House
surface form: Bleak House (2005 TV serial)

Doctor Zhivago (2002 TV serial)
Emma (1996 film)
surface form: Emma (1996 TV film)

House of Cards
surface form: House of Cards (1990 TV series)

Middlemarch
surface form: Middlemarch (1994 TV serial)

Northanger Abbey
surface form: Northanger Abbey (2007 film)

Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
surface form: Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV serial)

Sanditon
surface form: Sanditon (TV series)

Sense and Sensibility
surface form: Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)

The Line of Beauty (TV serial)
Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)
War & Peace (2016 TV series)
occupation novelist
playwright
screenwriter
television producer

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Bleak House screenwriter Andrew Davies
subject surface form: Bleak House (2005 TV serial)
subject surface form: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones’s Diary screenwriter Andrew Davies