Biography
An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire.
He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.
He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Writer 10
self 1
Self - Speaking in 1977
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes (2019)
Movie
Writer
Born Kicking (1992)
Movie
Writer
Shooting Stars (1990)
Movie
Writer
Threads (1984)
Movie
6
Writer / Novel
Looks and Smiles (1981)
Movie
Writer
The Gamekeeper (1980)
Movie
Writer
Speech Day (1973)
Movie
Novel / Adaptation
Kes (1970)
Movie
6
Information
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-06-30
Deathday
2016-03-18 (76 years old)
Birth Place
Hoyland, United Kingdom
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Also Known As
Melvin Barry Hines
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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