Neil Biswas (born 1971) is a British screenwriter, playwright and director best known for his non-fictional TV drama ''Bradford Riots'', which he wrote and directed. ''Bradford Riots'', a film that tells the story of 2001 riots from the perspective of an Asian family, was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2006 to great acclaim, winning the Arts Council England Decibel Award.

Career

His stage-plays include ''Crash'' (Croydon Warehouse), Skirmishes (Etcetera), ''Overhear'' (National Tour – Leicester Haymarket, Bristol New Vic, Brixton Shaw) and ''Skin'' (Soho Theatre Company). He has also written for BBC Radio Four, The Royal Court YPT, English National Opera and Tara Arts. Biswas has co-written the Talkback Productions' ten-part adaptation of ''In a Land of Plenty'' (screened on BBC2 in 2000). He also wrote the TV serials ''Second Generation'' for Channel 4 and the mini-series, ''The Take'' which ran on Sky 1, and directed two episodes of ''

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''. He has written an episode of the fantasy series ''Sinbad''. He has also co-written and directed his original feature film ''Darkness Visible''. Biswas is the co-creator, lead writer and co-executive producer for ''

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'', which screened in January 2016. It was Sky 1’s highest rated original drama series ever.

Personal life

Neil Biswas is married to

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. They met on the set of the TV drama ''

Bradford riots The Bradford Riots were a brief period of violent rioting which began on 7 July 2001, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They occurred as a result of heightened tension between the large and growing British Asian communities and the city's ...

'' in 2007. As of 2021, he, his wife, and two children live in

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, South London. He is kind of teetotal.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Neil Biswas received BAFTA's Break-Through Talent in 2007 for his made-for-television movie

Bradford Riots The Bradford Riots were a brief period of violent rioting which began on 7 July 2001, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They occurred as a result of heightened tension between the large and growing British Asian communities and the city's ...

References

External links

Neil Biswas
on IMDB {{DEFAULTSORT:Biswas, Neil Living people 1971 births British television writers British male screenwriters British science fiction writers British dramatists and playwrights British male dramatists and playwrights British male television writers British film directors British people of Indian descent