John Howlett
Encyclopedia
John Howlett is a renowned writer and director living in Rye, East Sussex
. He started his writing career by co-writing the screenplay
of the 1968 feature film
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and studied history.
James Dean
: The First American Teenager. 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 credits (according to the 'Fantastic Fiction' website) are :
Novels
Non fiction
Theatre
Radio (BBC Radio 4)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede...
. He started his writing career by co-writing the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
of the 1968 feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
, if..... Website: www.johnhowlett.co.uk
Education
He attended Jesus College, OxfordJesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
and studied history.
Writing Credits
His writing credits cover film and TV and include both writing and adaptation. He is credited for:- 1999 Doomwatch: Winter Angel (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.... (script "Crusaders")
Other Work
He is also credited on IMDb as a researcher on the 1975 TV documentaryDocumentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
James Dean
James Dean
James Byron Dean was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause , in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark...
: The First American Teenager. He is the author of the 1980 biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, together with a biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of James Dean
James Dean
James Byron Dean was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause , in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark...
and a number of works of fiction. His full credits (according to the 'Fantastic Fiction' website) are :
Novels
- 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)
- The Long Road Home (Not yet published)
- When War Came Again (Not yet published)
- First Snow Of Winter (Not yet published)
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