Andrew Davies
- Born
- September 20, 1936 (90 years old)
- Place of birth
- Rhiwbina, Wales, UK
Biography
Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.
Known for
★ 8.0House of Cards
2013
★ 6.7Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
★ 5.8The Three Musketeers
2011
★ 6.2Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
★ 6.7The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
★ 8.2Pride and Prejudice
1995
★ 6.0The Tailor of Panama
2001
★ 7.5War and Peace
2016
★ 6.9Mr Selfridge
2013
★ 7.5Sense and Sensibility
2008
★ 7.3Les Misérables
2018
★ 8.1House of Cards
1990
Filmography
- 2020A Suitable BoySeries · Writer, Creator★ 6.0
- 2019SanditonSeries · Creator★ 7.6
- 2018Les MisérablesSeries · Writer, Executive Producer★ 7.3
- 2016War and PeaceSeries · Writer, Executive Producer★ 7.5
- 2014A Poet in New YorkFilm · Writer
- 2014Katharine Hepburn: The Great KateFilm · Director, Writer
- 2014QuirkeSeries · Screenplay, Creator★ 5.9
- 2013House of CardsSeries · Executive Producer★ 8.0
- 2013Mr SelfridgeSeries · Creator★ 6.9
- 2011The Three MusketeersFilm · Screenplay★ 5.8
- 2011South RidingSeries · Writer, Creator★ 6.9
- 2009Sleep with MeFilm · Screenplay
- 2008AffinityFilm · Writer, Executive Producer★ 5.8
- 2008Little DorritSeries · Screenplay, Creator★ 7.9
- 2008Brideshead RevisitedFilm · Screenplay★ 6.3
- 2008A Room with a ViewA Room with a ViewSeries · Writer, Creator
- 2008The Other Boleyn GirlFilm · Script Consultant★ 6.7
- 2008Sense and SensibilitySeries · Writer, Creator★ 7.5
- 2007A Room with a ViewFilm · Screenplay
- 2007Northanger AbbeyFilm · Writer★ 6.8
- 2007Fanny HillFilm · Screenplay★ 5.8
- 2007Fanny HillSeries · Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- 2007The Diary of a NobodyFilm · Writer
- 2006The Line of BeautySeries · Adaptation★ 6.8
- 2006The Chatterley AffairFilm · Writer
- 2005Bleak HouseSeries · Writer, Creator★ 8.0
- 2005FallingFilm · Screenplay
- 2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonFilm · Screenplay★ 6.2
- 2004He Knew He Was RightSeries · Writer, Creator
- 2003BoudicaFilm · Writer★ 4.8
- 2002Tipping the VelvetSeries · Screenplay, Creator★ 6.9
- 2002Doctor ZhivagoSeries · Writer, Creator★ 6.7
- 2002Daniel DerondaSeries · Writer, Creator★ 7.7
- 2001OthelloFilm · Writer
- 2001The Way We Live NowSeries · Writer★ 7.7
- 2001Bridget Jones's DiaryFilm · Screenplay★ 6.7
- 2001The Tailor of PanamaFilm · Screenplay★ 6.0
- 2000Take a Girl Like YouSeries · Dramaturgy, Writer, Creator
- 1999Wives and DaughtersSeries · Writer, Creator★ 7.3
- 1999B. MonkeyFilm · Novel★ 5.8
- 1998A Rather English MarriageFilm · Teleplay
- 1998Vanity FairSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1998Bill's New FrockFilm · Writer
- 1998Getting HurtGetting HurtFilm · Writer
- 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersFilm · Writer
- 1996EmmaFilm · Screenplay★ 6.6
- 1996WildernessSeries · Writer
- 1995The Final CutSeries · Writer, Creator★ 7.6
- 1995Pride and PrejudiceSeries · Writer, Creator★ 8.2
- 1995Circle of FriendsFilm · Writer★ 6.3
- 1995Game OnSeries · Writer, Creator★ 7.6
- 1994A Few Short Journeys of the HeartFilm · Writer
- 1994StagesStagesSeries · Writer
- 1994MiddlemarchSeries · Writer
- 1993Harnessing PeacocksFilm · Writer
- 1993To Play the KingSeries · Writer, Author, Creator★ 7.8
- 1993The Boot Street BandThe Boot Street BandSeries · Writer
- 1993Anna Lee: HeadcaseAnna Lee: HeadcaseFilm · Writer
- 1992A Very Polish PracticeFilm · Writer
- 1992Anglo Saxon AttitudesSeries · Writer
- 1992The Old DevilsFilm · Writer
- 1991Filipina DreamgirlsFilm · Writer
- 1991Billy Webb's Amazing StorySeries · Characters, Creator
- 1990House of CardsSeries · Screenstory, Writer, Creator★ 8.1
- 1990Alfonso BonzoSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageBall-Trap On The Cote SauvageFilm · Writer
- 1989A Private LifeFilm · Writer
- 1989Screen OneSeries · Writer
- 1988Lucky SunilFilm · Writer
- 1988Consuming PassionsFilm · Screenplay
- 1987Inappropriate BehaviourFilm · Writer
- 1986A Very Peculiar PracticeSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1986Time After TimeFilm · Writer
- 1985Pythons on the MountainFilm · Writer
- 1985Screen TwoSeries · Writer
- 1984DianaSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1982Educating MarmaladeSeries · Creator
- 1981Dark TowersSeries · Creator
- 1981Bavarian NightBavarian NightFilm · Writer
- 1980To Serve Them All My DaysSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1979The Legend of King ArthurSeries · Writer, Creator
- 1978Renoir, My FatherFilm · Writer
- 1978Fearless FrankFilm · Writer
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries · Writer
- 1977The Velvet GloveThe Velvet GloveSeries · Writer
- 1976The SignalmanFilm · Writer★ 6.9
- 1976A Martyr to the SystemFilm · Writer
- 1975The Imp of the PerverseThe Imp of the PerverseFilm · Adaptation
- 1975GraceFilm · Writer
- 1974PlayhouseSeries · Writer
- 1974Bedtime StoriesSeries · Writer
- 1973Sporting ScenesSporting ScenesSeries · Writer
- 1973Centre PlaySeries · Writer
- 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasSeries · Writer
- 1970Play for TodaySeries · Writer
- 1970Is That Your Body, BoyIs That Your Body, BoyFilm · Writer
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries · Writer
- 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries · Writer
