Biography
An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire.
He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.
He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.
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Filmography
all 11
Movies 11
Writer 10
self 1
Self - Speaking in 1977
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes (2019)
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Writer
Born Kicking (1992)
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Writer
Shooting Stars (1990)
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Writer
Threads (1984)
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6
Writer
Looks and Smiles (1981)
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Writer
The Gamekeeper (1980)
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Writer
The Price of Coal: Part 2 – Back To Reality (1977)
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Writer
The Price of Coal: Part 1 – Meet the People (1977)
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Writer
Speech Day (1973)
Movie
Writer
Billy's Last Stand (1971)
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Writer
Kes (1970)
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6
Ratings
Average 5.55
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1939-06-30
Deathday2016-03-18 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceHoyland, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsMelvin Barry Hines
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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