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He is the writer of the 2009 film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and co-writer of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay, a screenplay he wrote in collaboration with his late wife Bridget O'Connor.
Peter Straughan is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Frank (2014) and The Snowman (2017). He was previously married to Bridget O'Connor.
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Feb 21, 2024 · Peter Straughan, who adapted Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning historical novel “Wolf Hall” for screen has set the story of William Shakespeare’s first folio as his next project.
Dec 8, 2021 · The classic Cold War drama 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' changed Peter Straughan's life – but his co-writer and wife Bridget O'Connor sadly died
A British screenwriter, Peter Straughan is best known for penning the script for the lauded 2011 espionage drama "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with his late wife, Bridget...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetScreenwriter, Executive Producer25%Fresh audience score. 72%Screenwriter7%Rotten audience score. 19%Screenwriter36%Rotten audience score. 34%ScreenwriterOct 24, 2012 · Screenwriters' Lecture: Peter Straughan transcript. The writer behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Men Who Stare at Goats discusses the complexities of adaptation, and how he strives to weave together "a net of words and silence, images and music" in every script.
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Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir.
