Tony Grisoni (born 28 October 1952) is a British screenwriter. He lives in

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. His first feature film, '' Queen of Hearts'', directed by

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, won the Grand Prix at the 1990

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Life and career

He has co-written several of director

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's films, including ''

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'' and '' Tideland''. Gilliam and Grisoni went to WGA arbitration to get credit for ''Fear and Loathing''; initially only Tod Davies and

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(who had written a previous version of the screenplay) were credited, despite Gilliam and Grisoni rewriting the entire film from scratch. In the end, all four writers were credited. Later, Gilliam and Grisoni were involved in a similar dispute when original writer

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received sole credit for ''

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''; as an alternative to receiving a writing credit, Gilliam and Grisoni listed themselves as "dress pattern makers". Grisoni also co-wrote the screenplay for Gilliam's ''

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'', which was abandoned soon after starting filming. During the production, he met filmmakers

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and Louis Pepe, who were shooting the making-of documentary that later became ''

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''. Fulton and Pepe went on to film

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's novella ''

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'' (2006), from a screenplay by Grisoni that he had started working on as far back as 1984. In 2008, Grisoni directed his first short film, ''Kingsland #1: The Dreamer'', for which he was nominated for a BAFTA. Grisoni wrote ''Red Riding'' (2009), an adaptation of

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's quartet of novels based on the events surrounding the

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murders. For budgetary reasons, only three films were produced, with the second of the four novels (''1977'') left unmade. He also co-wrote the screenplay for

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's directorial debut '' The Unloved'' (2009), which won the

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for Best Single Drama. ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' was finally released in 2018, featuring a character named Toby Grisoni. He teaches Screenwriting at the

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Filmography

*'' Queen of Hearts'' (1989) *'' The Island on Bird Street'' (1997) *''

'' (1998) *'' In This World'' (2002) *''

'' (2005) (uncredited) *'' Tideland'' (2005) *''

'' (2005) *'' Death Defying Acts'' (2007) *''

Red Riding ''Red Riding'' is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni and based on the book series of the same name by David Peace. The series comprises the novels ''Nineteen Seventy-Four'' (1999), ''Nineteen Seventy-Seven'' (2000), ...

'' (2009) *'' The Unloved'' (2009) *''

Southcliffe ''Southcliffe'' is a British drama series that aired on Channel 4. Set in a fictional town on the North Kent Marshes, it employs a nonlinear narrative structure to tell the story of a series of shootings by a local man portrayed by Sean Harris, ...

'' (2013) *''

How I Live Now ''How I Live Now'' is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature. Plot Fifteen-year- ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2016) *'' Electric Dreams'' episode "Crazy Diamond" (2017) *'' The City and the City'' (2018) *''

'' (2018)

References

External links

* – official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grisoni, Tony 1952 births Living people Screenwriting instructors English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English people of Italian descent British male television writers