Andrew Davies
Writing Born Sep 20, 1936 Rhiwbina, Wales, UK 136 credits
Biography
Andrew Wynford Davies, born 20 September 1936 in Rhiwbina, Wales, United Kingdom, is a Welsh male writer of screenplays and novels. He is recognised for his work as a writer and, on some listings, also as a director. Davies’s credited output includes more than one hundred projects, with 103 known credits recorded. He is best known for the television series House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and for adapting classic literature such as Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. Additional writing credits include the productions Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger and What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar. In 2002 he was honoured as a BAFTA Fellow.
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Career overview
Andrew Wynford Davies, born on 20 September 1936 in Rhiwbina, Wales, is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels. Over a career that includes more than one hundred credited works, he has become especially associated with television drama. Davies is best known for creating the series House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and for adapting classic literature for the screen, including Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. His contributions to British television have been recognised with a BAFTA Fellowship in 2002.
In addition to his writing, Davies has been credited as a director on several projects. Among the titles listed under his directorial work are Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger and What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar. The breadth of his output, reflected in more than one hundred writing credits, spans both original series and literary adaptations, establishing him as a prominent figure in screenwriting for television.
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Career timeline
Remembers…
A Suitable Boy · WriterA Suitable Boy · Creator
Sanditon · Creator
Les Misérables · WriterLes Misérables · Executive ProducerAndrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics
War and Peace · WriterWar and Peace · Executive Producer
Quirke · ScreenplayQuirke · CreatorA Poet in New York · WriterKatharine Hepburn: The Great Kate · DirectorKatharine Hepburn: The Great Kate · Writer
House of Cards · Executive ProducerMr Selfridge · Creator
The Three Musketeers · ScreenplaySouth Riding · WriterSouth Riding · Creator
Drama Trails
Sleep with Me · Screenplay
Sense and Sensibility · WriterSense and Sensibility · CreatorLittle Dorrit · ScreenplayLittle Dorrit · CreatorThe Other Boleyn Girl · Script Consultant
Fanny Hill · ScreenplayNorthanger Abbey · WriterFanny Hill · TeleplayFanny Hill · WriterFanny Hill · Creator
The Line of Beauty · AdaptationThe Chatterley Affair · Writer
Bleak House · WriterFalling · Screenplay
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · ScreenplayHe Knew He Was Right · WriterHe Knew He Was Right · Creator
Boudica · Writer
Tipping the Velvet · ScreenplayTipping the Velvet · CreatorDoctor Zhivago · WriterDoctor Zhivago · CreatorDaniel Deronda · Writer
Bridget Jones's Diary · ScreenplayThe Tailor of Panama · ScreenplayThe Way We Live Now · WriterOthello · Writer
Take a Girl Like You · DramaturgyTake a Girl Like You · WriterTake a Girl Like You · Creator
Wives and Daughters · WriterWives and Daughters · CreatorB. Monkey · Novel
Vanity Fair · WriterVanity Fair · CreatorA Rather English Marriage · TeleplayGetting Hurt · WriterBill's New Frock · Writer
Emma · ScreenplayThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders · WriterThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders · CreatorWilderness · WriterThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders · Writer
Pride and Prejudice · WriterPride and Prejudice · CreatorThe Final Cut · WriterThe Final Cut · CreatorGame On · Writer
Middlemarch · WriterA Few Short Journeys of the Heart · Writer
To Play the King · WriterTo Play the King · AuthorTo Play the King · CreatorHarnessing Peacocks · WriterAnna Lee: Headcase · Writer
Anglo Saxon Attitudes · WriterA Very Polish Practice · WriterThe Old Devils · Writer
Billy Webb's Amazing Story · CharactersBilly Webb's Amazing Story · CreatorFilipina Dreamgirls · Writer
House of Cards · ScreenstoryHouse of Cards · WriterHouse of Cards · CreatorAlfonso Bonzo · WriterAlfonso Bonzo · Creator
Screen One · WriterBall-Trap On The Cote Sauvage · WriterA Private Life · Writer
Consuming Passions · ScreenplayLucky Sunil · Writer
Full filmography
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- A Suitable Boy (2020) Writer
- A Suitable Boy (2020) Creator
- Sanditon (2019) Creator
- Les Misérables (2018) Writer
- Les Misérables (2018) Executive Producer
- Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics (2018) as Himself
- War and Peace (2016) Writer
- War and Peace (2016) Executive Producer
- Quirke (2014) Screenplay
- Quirke (2014) Creator
- A Poet in New York (2014) Writer
- Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate (2014) Director
- Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate (2014) Writer
- House of Cards (2013) Executive Producer
- Mr Selfridge (2013) Creator
- The Three Musketeers (2011) Screenplay
- South Riding (2011) Writer
- South Riding (2011) Creator
- Drama Trails (2010)
- Sleep with Me (2009) Screenplay
- Sense and Sensibility (2008) Writer
- Sense and Sensibility (2008) Creator
- Little Dorrit (2008) Screenplay
- Little Dorrit (2008) Creator
- The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Script Consultant
- Brideshead Revisited (2008) Screenplay
- A Room with a View (2008) Writer
- A Room with a View (2008) Creator
- Affinity (2008) Writer
- Affinity (2008) Executive Producer
- Fanny Hill (2007) Screenplay
- Northanger Abbey (2007) Writer
- Fanny Hill (2007) Teleplay
- Fanny Hill (2007) Writer
- Fanny Hill (2007) Creator
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self
- A Room with a View (2007) Screenplay
- The Diary of a Nobody (2007) Writer
- The Line of Beauty (2006) Adaptation
- The Chatterley Affair (2006) Writer
- Bleak House (2005) Writer
- Falling (2005) Screenplay
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Screenplay
- He Knew He Was Right (2004) Writer
- He Knew He Was Right (2004) Creator
- Boudica (2003) Writer
- Tipping the Velvet (2002) Screenplay
- Tipping the Velvet (2002) Creator
- Doctor Zhivago (2002) Writer
- Doctor Zhivago (2002) Creator
- Daniel Deronda (2002) Writer
- Daniel Deronda (2002) Creator
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Screenplay
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) Screenplay
- The Way We Live Now (2001) Writer
- Othello (2001) Writer
- Take a Girl Like You (2000) Dramaturgy
- Take a Girl Like You (2000) Writer
- Take a Girl Like You (2000) Creator
- Wives and Daughters (1999) Writer
- Wives and Daughters (1999) Creator
- B. Monkey (1999) Novel
- Vanity Fair (1998) Writer
- Vanity Fair (1998) Creator
- A Rather English Marriage (1998) Teleplay
- Getting Hurt (1998) Writer
- Bill's New Frock (1998) Writer
- Emma (1996) Screenplay
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996) Writer
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996) Creator
- Wilderness (1996) Writer
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996) Writer
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) Writer
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) Creator
- The Final Cut (1995) Writer
- The Final Cut (1995) Creator
- Game On (1995) Writer
- Game On (1995) Creator
- Circle of Friends (1995) Writer
- Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen (1995) as Self
- Middlemarch (1994) Writer
- A Few Short Journeys of the Heart (1994) Writer
- To Play the King (1993) Writer
- To Play the King (1993) Author
- To Play the King (1993) Creator
- Harnessing Peacocks (1993) Writer
- Anna Lee: Headcase (1993) Writer
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992) Writer
- A Very Polish Practice (1992) Writer
- The Old Devils (1992) Writer
- Billy Webb's Amazing Story (1991) Characters
- Billy Webb's Amazing Story (1991) Creator
- Filipina Dreamgirls (1991) Writer
- House of Cards (1990) Screenstory
- House of Cards (1990) Writer
- House of Cards (1990) Creator
- Alfonso Bonzo (1990) Writer
- Alfonso Bonzo (1990) Creator
- Screen One (1989) Writer
- Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989) Writer
- A Private Life (1989) Writer
- Consuming Passions (1988) Screenplay
- Lucky Sunil (1988) Writer
- Inappropriate Behaviour (1987) Writer
- A Very Peculiar Practice (1986) Writer
- A Very Peculiar Practice (1986) Creator
- Time After Time (1986) Writer
- Screen Two (1985) Writer
- Pythons on the Mountain (1985) Writer
- Diana (1984) Writer
- Diana (1984) Creator
- Educating Marmalade (1982) Creator
- Dark Towers (1981) Creator
- Bavarian Night (1981) Writer
- To Serve Them All My Days (1980) Writer
- To Serve Them All My Days (1980) Creator
- The Legend of King Arthur (1979) Writer
- The Legend of King Arthur (1979) Creator
- Fearless Frank (1978) Writer
- Renoir, My Father (1978) Writer
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) Writer
- The Velvet Glove (1977) Writer
- The Signalman (1976) Writer
- A Martyr to the System (1976) Writer
- Grace (1975) Writer
- The Imp of the Perverse (1975) Adaptation
- Playhouse (1974) Writer
- Bedtime Stories (1974) Writer
- Centre Play (1973) Writer
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) Writer
- Play for Today (1970) Writer
- Is That Your Body, Boy (1970) Writer
- Omnibus (1967)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) Writer
- The Wednesday Play (1964) Writer