Jeremy Brock
Jeremy Brock is an English director and screenwriter, born in 1959. His career began in 1985 with the play In Times Like These; he then adapted Dickens' Oliver Twist directed by Phyllida Lloyd in 1990. He went on to co-create (with Paul Unwin) the UK's longest-running
drama series, Casualty. Jeremy's first feature film, Mrs Brown, was screened in the “Un Certain
Régard” section of the 1997 Cannes Festival to great acclaim. The film was nominated for two Oscars and eight BAFTA Awards including Best Original Screenplay. Charlotte Gray (2001), adapted from Sebastian Faulkes' novel, starred Cate Blanchett, who described hers
as "the best part written for an actress in the past twenty years". Jeremy's first film as Writer/Director, Driving Lessons, opened at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2006 and was awarded the Special Jury Prize. Jeremy then co-wrote The Last King of Scotland (2007) starring
James McAvoy and Forest Whitaker: the script was awarded the BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay. Jeremy’s adaptation of Eagle of the Ninth (Focus Features) for director Kevin MacDonald has been released in 2010, and he is now working on three major movies, True Crimes, The Attack and The Spare.
