Biography and filmography

Andrew Davies

Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.

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Movies (49)

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

2018 · Himself

A Poet in New York

A Poet in New York

2014 · Writer

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2014 · Director, Writer

Los Tres Mosqueteros

Los Tres Mosqueteros

2011 · Screenplay

Sleep with Me

Sleep with Me

2009 · Screenplay

Affinity

Affinity

2008 · Writer, Executive Producer

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008 · Screenplay

La otra Reina

La otra Reina

2008 · Script Consultant

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2007 · Screenplay

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007 · Writer

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007 · Screenplay

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007 · Self

The Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody

2007 · Writer

The Chatterley Affair

The Chatterley Affair

2006 · Writer

Falling

Falling

2005 · Screenplay

Bridget Jones: Al borde de la razón

Bridget Jones: Al borde de la razón

2004 · Screenplay

Boudica

Boudica

2003 · Writer

Othello

Othello

2001 · Writer

El diario de Bridget Jones

El diario de Bridget Jones

2001 · Screenplay

El sastre de Panamá

El sastre de Panamá

2001 · Screenplay

B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999 · Novel

A Rather English Marriage

A Rather English Marriage

1998 · Teleplay

Bill's New Frock

Bill's New Frock

1998 · Writer

Getting Hurt

Getting Hurt

1998 · Writer

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996 · Writer

Emma

Emma

1996 · Screenplay

Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

1995 · Self

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995 · Writer

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

1994 · Writer

Harnessing Peacocks

Harnessing Peacocks

1993 · Writer

Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

1993 · Writer

A Very Polish Practice

A Very Polish Practice

1992 · Writer

The Old Devils

The Old Devils

1992 · Writer

Filipina Dreamgirls

Filipina Dreamgirls

1991 · Writer

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

1989 · Writer

A Private Life

A Private Life

1989 · Writer

Lucky Sunil

Lucky Sunil

1988 · Writer

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

1988 · Screenplay

Inappropriate Behaviour

Inappropriate Behaviour

1987 · Writer

Time After Time

Time After Time

1986 · Writer

Pythons on the Mountain

Pythons on the Mountain

1985 · Writer

Bavarian Night

Bavarian Night

1981 · Writer

Renoir, My Father

Renoir, My Father

1978 · Writer

Fearless Frank

Fearless Frank

1978 · Writer

The Signalman

The Signalman

1976 · Writer

A Martyr to the System

A Martyr to the System

1976 · Writer

The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse

1975 · Adaptation

Grace

Grace

1975 · Writer

Is That Your Body, Boy

Is That Your Body, Boy

1970 · Writer

TV shows (58)

Remembers…

Remembers…

2022 · Self

Un buen partido

Un buen partido

2020 · Writer, Creator

Sanditon

Sanditon

2019 · Creator

Los miserables

Los miserables

2018 · Writer, Executive Producer

Guerra & Paz

Guerra & Paz

2016 · Writer, Executive Producer

Quirke

Quirke

2014 · Screenplay, Creator

House of Cards

House of Cards

2013 · Executive Producer

Mr Selfridge

Mr Selfridge

2013 · Creator

South Riding

South Riding

2011 · Writer, Creator

Drama Trails

Drama Trails

2010

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

2008 · Screenplay, Creator

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2008 · Writer, Creator

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

2008 · Writer, Creator

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007 · Teleplay, Writer, Creator

The Line of Beauty

The Line of Beauty

2006 · Adaptation

Bleak House

Bleak House

2005 · Writer, Creator

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

2004 · Writer, Creator

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002 · Screenplay, Creator

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

2002 · Writer, Creator

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

2002 · Writer, Creator

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

2001 · Writer

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

2000 · Dramaturgy, Writer, Creator

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999 · Writer, Creator

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998 · Writer, Creator

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996 · Writer, Creator

Wilderness

Wilderness

1996 · Writer

The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995 · Writer, Creator

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995 · Writer, Creator

Game On

Game On

1995 · Writer, Creator

Stages

Stages

1994 · Writer

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

1994 · Writer

To Play the King

To Play the King

1993 · Writer, Author, Creator

The Boot Street Band

The Boot Street Band

1993 · Writer

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

1992 · Writer

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

1991 · Characters, Creator

House of Cards

House of Cards

1990 · Screenstory, Writer, Creator

Alfonso Bonzo

Alfonso Bonzo

1990 · Writer, Creator

Screen One

Screen One

1989 · Writer

A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986 · Writer, Creator

Summer Season

Summer Season

1985 · Writer

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985 · Writer

Diana

Diana

1984 · Writer, Creator

Educating Marmalade

Educating Marmalade

1982 · Creator

Dark Towers

Dark Towers

1981 · Creator

To Serve Them All My Days

To Serve Them All My Days

1980 · Writer, Creator

The Legend of King Arthur

The Legend of King Arthur

1979 · Writer, Creator

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Writer

The Velvet Glove

The Velvet Glove

1977 · Writer

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974 · Writer

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

1974 · Writer

Sporting Scenes

Sporting Scenes

1973 · Writer

Centre Play

Centre Play

1973 · Writer

A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 · Writer

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 · Writer

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · Writer

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Writer