Playwright Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Living place: England

Birthday: 23-9-1959 (65 years old)

Population of the world 1959: 2.997 billions

Global rank: #46850

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Who is Playwright Frank Cottrell Boyce?
Known for writing the screenplays for such critically acclaimed films as Pandaemonium (2000), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), and The Railway Man (2013), Boyce also wrote, as well as screened, the Carnegie Medal-winning Millions of children's book chapters of the popular 2000 novel adaptation.
His children's books have won numerous honors, including the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Award (The Coat Unforgotten) and the 2011 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award (for Universe).
 
 

Young / Before famous

In the early 1980s, he began writing scripts for the British plays Brookside.

Family life info

He grew up in Liverpool, England, and later earned a doctorate from Oxford University. The marriage resulted in seven children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Playwright Frank Cottrell Boyce?
He and director Michael Winterbottom collaborated on numerous film projects, including The Khai, Butterfly Kiss, and 24 Hour Party People.

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When was Playwright Frank Cottrell Boyce born?
Frank Cottrell Boyce birthday 23-9-1959 (at the age of 65).
Where is Playwright Frank Cottrell Boyce's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Frank Cottrell Boyce was born in England. is a Playwright, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Frank Cottrell Boyce's global rank is 46850 and whose rank is 98 in list of famous Playwright. Population of the world in 1959 is about 2.997 billions persons.
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Events in 1959 and 23-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Frank Cottrell Boyce

  • Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16).
  • Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).
  • Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the United States, meeting with Eisenhower at Camp David.
  • Britain recognizes the independence of Cyprus.

Birthday Frank Cottrell Boyce (23-9) in history

  • Day 23-9 year 1779: Navy Captain John Paul Jones declared, "I haven't started fighting yet!" on board the American warship Bonhomme Richard in the battle against the British warrior Serapis.
  • Day 23-9 year 1806: Explorers Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after a three-year journey to the Pacific Northwest.
  • Day 23-9 year 1846: German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
  • Day 23-9 year 1939: Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London.
  • Day 23-9 year 1952: Vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered his "Checkers speech" rebutting charges of improper campaign financing.
  • Day 23-9 year 1973: Former Argentine president Juan Perón returned to power.
  • Day 23-9 year 2011: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas officially requests a bid for statehood at the UN Security Council.
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