James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of Scottish actress Melissa Stribling and English film director Basil Dearden. He directed nine films between 1977 and 2018. His film '' Pascali's Island'' was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. For writing the screenplay for ''

Fatal Attraction ''Fatal Attraction'' is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film '' Diversion''. Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer, the film cent ...

'' (1987), Dearden received a nomination for the

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. Dearden is married to British actress

Annabel Brooks Annabel Brooks (born 1962) is a British actress who has appeared on television and in films since the 1980s. Biography Her first on-screen role came in 1987 when she appeared as Eliza in '' Nightflyers''. She has since appeared in productions i ...

Filmography

* ''The Contraption'' (1977) * ''Panic'' (1978) * '' Diversion'' (1980) * '' The Cold Room'' (1984) * ''

'' (1987) (screenplay, based on ''Diversion''; directed by

Adrian Lyne Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director, writer and producer. Having begun his career directing 1970s television commercials, Lyne made well-received short films which were entries in the London Film Festival. He started ma ...

) * '' Pascali's Island'' (1988) * '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''Belle du Seigneur'' (2012) * '' Christmas Survival'' (2018)

Stage

* ''

'' (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dearden, James 1949 births Living people English film directors English screenwriters English male screenwriters Writers from London English people of Scottish descent