William Nicholson
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William Benedict Nicholson, OBE, FRSL (born 12 January 1948) is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar.
Early life
A native of Lewes, Sussex, William Nicholson was raised in a Roman Catholic family in Gloucestershire. By the time he reached his tenth birthday he had decided to become a writer. He was educated at Downside School, Somerset, and Christ's College, Cambridge.
Career
Nicholson began his career as a producer of documentary films for the BBC, with numerous films under his credit between the 1970s and the 1980s. As the first book of his popular Wind On Fire trilogy received the Blue Peter best book award and the Smarties Gold Award for Best Children's Book, he regained his fame as a novelist and playwright. He has written many books and fantasy stories.
In 1988, he married author Virginia Nicholson (née Bell).
Shadowlands and Moscow's Retreat have both been nominated for Tony Awards for best actor. He also turned Shadowlands, based on the friendship between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham, into a BBC-TV film in 1985 and another in 1993. Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger appeared on the latter, and Richard Attenborough directed them. Nell (1994), First Knight (1995), and Grey Owl (1999) were among the screenplays. He continued to work as a writer on the Academy Award-winning epic Gladiator (2000), which was a long shot, and made his directorial debut with the 1997 film Firelight.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a Nicholson co-wrote in 2007, from Michael Hirst's earlier script. Nicholson converted the hit musical Les Misérables into a film directed by Tom Hooper in 2012. Following this, Nicholson will write several more historical dramas, including Unbroken, Everest, and Breathe. In 2019, he directed Hope Gap, another film.
William Nicholson's first nomination came in 1989, when BAFTA TV Awards included the 1987 teleplay Sweet as You Are, which he co-wrote with Ruth Caleb and Angela Pope, on its list of candidates for Best Single Drama. When he was a contender for both a BAFTA and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, he said his next nominations were for 1994's Shadowlands. 1997 was another fruitful year, with Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special Emmy Award for the 1996 TV drama Crime of the Century. He was also singled out at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for Firelight, with a nomination for the Golden Seashell Award and a winner of the Jury Special Prize.
The 2000 season was Nicholson's most memorable year to date, with acclaim for Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator. He received nominations for the Sierra Award from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society and the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, as well as Best Screenplay nominations from both BAFTA and Oscar.
In the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama and literature, he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).