Writing · geboren 1935-07-01 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

John McGrath

Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin Soldiers, The Reckoning, The Dressmaker and 1991's Robin Hood, and produced films such as Carrington and Aberdeen.

Bekannt aus

• Robin Hood - Ein Leben für Richard Löwenherz (1991) – Writer
• Das Milliarden Dollar-Gehirn (1967) – Screenplay
• Mein Leben in Rosarot (1997) – Co-Producer
• Carrington - Liebe bis in den Tod (1995) – Producer
• Aberdeen (2000) – Co-Producer
• Die Abrechnung (1970) – Screenplay
• Rekruten im Todesdschungel (1969) – Writer
• Play for Today (1970) – Writer / Director
• Z-Cars (1962) – Director
• Screen Two (1985) – Writer
• Ereignisse beim Bewachen der Bofors-Kanone (1968) – Writer
• The Dressmaker (1988) – Writer
• The Wednesday Play (1964) – Director
• The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) – Various
• Making Reel History (2006) – Self
• The Long Roads (1993) – Writer
• Half the Picture (1996) – Producer
• Mairi Mhor (1994) – Writer
• The Diary of a Nobody (1964) – Writer
• Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr (1970) – Novel
• Orkney (1971) – Writer
• The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something (1980) – Director
• The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980) – Director
• Border Warfare (1990) – Writer
• Diary of a Young Man (1964) – Writer
• imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester (2023) – Self - interviewed guest
• Fade to Black – Producer
• Blood Red Roses (1986) – Director
• Exit 19 (1966) – Producer
• Shotgun (1966) – Producer
• The Day of Ragnarok (1965) – Director
• The Bouncing Boy (1972) – Writer
• Double Bill (1969) – Director
• Six (1964) – Writer
• Five More (1966) – Director