Schiffer was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the second son of Jewish American emigrants. He moved to London at the age of two. He attended University College School before moving to Dublin, Ireland to read English and History at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a First-Class HonoursB.A. in 2006. His first commission, whilst still at University, was the short film Hot Or Not, broadcast on BBC One in 2006.[1]
Careeredit
Theatreedit
Schiffer wrote his first play, Paper Tigers, whilst still at university; the play ran to sell-out crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe.[2] His recent theatre work includes His Ghostly Heart and 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, both commissioned by and performed at The Bush Theatre as well as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ben has been on the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers Scheme and has had his previous plays performed in London, Dublin, Edinburgh and the Latitude Festival.[3]
Televisionedit
Schiffer wrote episodes of Brief Encounters and Spooks: Code 9 in 2006 and 2008, respectively. He then would work on the UK teen drama Skins, writing a total of five episodes for the first four series, as well as contributing a story for the episode Abbud in 2011. In 2013, he wrote and co-executive produced Dates, created by Skins creator Bryan Elsley for Channel 4.[4] He wrote a pilot, Goths, with Jack Thorne, for Shine Media. His previous comedy pilot Not Safe For Work won an RTS Student Award in 2010. He would contribute episodes to Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Netflix's Young Wallander, Sky's Intergalactic and Ransom, on which he also served as co-producer.
Most recently, he served as the Creator and Showrunner of 'The Turkish Detective', an adaptation of Barbara Nadel's 'DI Ikmen' novels for Paramount+.
Filmedit
He was cited as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2009[5] and his screenplay Cheerleaders 3D came second in the 2010 Brit List with 8 Votes.
schiffer, born, july, 1983, british, television, screenwriter, playwright, married, actress, emily, taaffe, contents, early, life, education, career, theatre, television, film, references, external, linksearly, life, education, editschiffer, born, amsterdam, n. Ben Schiffer born 12 July 1983 is a British television screenwriter and playwright He is married to actress Emily Taaffe Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Theatre 2 2 Television 2 3 Film 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editSchiffer was born in Amsterdam the Netherlands the second son of Jewish American emigrants He moved to London at the age of two He attended University College School before moving to Dublin Ireland to read English and History at Trinity College Dublin graduating with a First Class Honours B A in 2006 His first commission whilst still at University was the short film Hot Or Not broadcast on BBC One in 2006 1 Career editTheatre edit Schiffer wrote his first play Paper Tigers whilst still at university the play ran to sell out crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe 2 His recent theatre work includes His Ghostly Heart and 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover both commissioned by and performed at The Bush Theatre as well as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Ben has been on the Royal Court Theatre s Young Writers Scheme and has had his previous plays performed in London Dublin Edinburgh and the Latitude Festival 3 Television edit Schiffer wrote episodes of Brief Encounters and Spooks Code 9 in 2006 and 2008 respectively He then would work on the UK teen drama Skins writing a total of five episodes for the first four series as well as contributing a story for the episode Abbud in 2011 In 2013 he wrote and co executive produced Dates created by Skins creator Bryan Elsley for Channel 4 4 He wrote a pilot Goths with Jack Thorne for Shine Media His previous comedy pilot Not Safe For Work won an RTS Student Award in 2010 He would contribute episodes to Stan Lee s Lucky Man Netflix s Young Wallander Sky s Intergalactic and Ransom on which he also served as co producer Most recently he served as the Creator and Showrunner of The Turkish Detective an adaptation of Barbara Nadel s DI Ikmen novels for Paramount Film edit He was cited as one of Screen International s Stars of Tomorrow in 2009 5 and his screenplay Cheerleaders 3D came second in the 2010 Brit List with 8 Votes References edit 4Talent magazine Skin Deep Archived from the original on 1 May 2008 Vertigo Magazine Article New Kids on the Block by Alexis Karlin Archived from the original on 19 July 2011 The Daily Telegraph Telegraph interview Trio of New Dramas Commissioned by Channel 4 25 September 2012 Archived from the original on 16 June 2013 Retrieved 16 June 2018 Ben Schiffer External links editBen Schiffer at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ben Schiffer amp oldid 1180112392, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
