Terry Johnson (born 20 December 1955) is a British dramatist and director working for stage, television and film. Educated at Birmingham University, he worked as an actor from 1971 to 1975, and has been active as a playwright since the early 1980s.
He has written and directed television drama that has been broadcast worldwide, most recently Not Only But Always for Channel 4, which won five International Award nominations, Best Film at Banff, and a BAFTA for Rhys Ifans.
Hysteria (1993, Royal Court, Mark Taper Forum, Duke of Yorks) (Olivier Award Best Comedy 1993)
Dead Funny (1994, Hampstead, Vaudeville, Savoy) (Writers Guild Award Best West End Play 1994, Drama Critics Circle Best Play 1994, Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year 1994 and Time Out Drama Award 1994)
The Graduate (adaptation from novel by Charles Webb and screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry)(2000, London, Australia, New York, UK & US tours) (Touring Broadway Award Best Play)
Not Only But Always (Company/Channel 4, 2004)(Nominated British Comedy Awards Best Television Comedy; Nominated BAFTA Best Single Drama; Winner BAFTA Best Actor for Rhys Ifans, Winner Banff Best Made-for-TV Movie)
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Terry Johnson dramatist news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Terry Johnson born 20 December 1955 is a British dramatist and director working for stage television and film Educated at Birmingham University he worked as an actor from 1971 to 1975 and has been active as a playwright since the early 1980s Johnson s stage work has been produced around the world He has won nine British Theatre awards including the Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1994 and 1999 Playwright of the Year 1995 Critics Circle Theatre Awards for Best New Play 1995 two Evening Standard Theatre Awards the Writers Guild Award for Best Play 1995 and 1996 the Meyer Whitworth Award 1993 and the John Whiting Award 1991 He has had many West End productions as director and or writer including One Flew Over The Cuckoo s Nest Hitchcock Blonde Entertaining Mr Sloane The Graduate Dead Funny Hysteria Elton John s Glasses and The Memory of Water At the Royal Court Theatre he directed Dumb Show by Joe Penhall and opened his play Piano Forte Johnson won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for La Cage aux Folles He has worked with Chicago s Steppenwolf Theatre directing John Malkovich in The Libertine nominated for five Joseph Jefferson Awards including Best Production and Lost Land both plays by Stephen Jeffreys He has written and directed television drama that has been broadcast worldwide most recently Not Only But Always for Channel 4 which won five International Award nominations Best Film at Banff and a BAFTA for Rhys Ifans The film version of his play Insignificance directed by Nicolas Roeg was the official British entry at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 Contents 1 Stage work 1 1 as playwright 1 2 as director 2 Television 2 1 Films 2 2 Series Serials 3 Film 4 References 5 External linksStage work editas playwright edit Days Here So Dark 1981 Paines Plough Edinburgh Insignificance 1982 Royal Court Theatre Plays amp Players Award Best Play Evening Standard Award Most Promising Playwright Cries From The Mammal House 1984 Leicester Haymarket Royal Court Unsuitable For Adults 1984 Bush Theatre Imagine Drowning 1991 Hampstead Theatre Hysteria 1993 Royal Court Mark Taper Forum Duke of Yorks Olivier Award Best Comedy 1993 Dead Funny 1994 Hampstead Vaudeville Savoy Writers Guild Award Best West End Play 1994 Drama Critics Circle Best Play 1994 Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year 1994 and Time Out Drama Award 1994 London Cuckolds adaptation from Edward Ravenscroft 1998 Royal National Theatre Lyttelton Cleo Camping Emmanuelle and Dick 1998 National Theatre Olivier Award Best Comedy 1998 The Graduate adaptation from novel by Charles Webb and screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry 2000 London Australia New York UK amp US tours Touring Broadway Award Best Play Hitchcock Blonde 2003 Royal Court The Lyric West End South Coast Repertory Costa Mesa California Piano Forte 2006 Royal Court Prism 2017 Hampstead Theatre Uncle Vanya 2018 Hampstead Theatre a new version written and directed by Terry Johnson Ken 2018 Pleasance Dome as director edit Rag Doll Bristol Old Vic Death of a Salesman York Theatre Royal Dead Funny Hampstead Vaudeville National Tour Savoy Insignificance Donmar Warehouse The Libertine Steppenwolf Chicago Cracked Hampstead Theatre London Cuckolds National Theatre Lyttelton Elton John s Glasses Watford and West End The Memory of Water Hampstead Theatre Vaudeville Theatre Cleo Camping Emmanuelle and Dick National Theatre Sparkleshark National Theatre The Graduate London Australia New York Hitchcock Blonde Royal Court Lyric West End South Coast Repertory One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest co director with Tamara Harvey Edinburgh amp West End Dumb Show Royal Court Rain Man Apollo The Duck House UK tour and West End 1 Oh What A Lovely War Theatre Royal Stratford East Prism Hampstead Theatre Uncle Vanya Hampstead Theatre La Cage aux Folles Longacre Theatre New York End of the Rainbow Belasco Theatre New York 2 Television editFilms edit Tuesday s Child co written with Kate Lock BBC 1985 Way Up Stream adapted for BBC 1987 Ball on the Slates Channel 4 1991 Neville s Island written by Tim Firth ITV 1998 Cor Blimey Company Pictures ITV 2000 Not Only But Always Company Channel 4 2004 Nominated British Comedy Awards Best Television Comedy Nominated BAFTA Best Single Drama Winner BAFTA Best Actor for Rhys Ifans Winner Banff Best Made for TV Movie The Man Who Lost His Head written by Mark Wallington ITV TVNZ 2007 3 Series Serials edit Ghosts Blood And Water and The Chemistry Lesson BBC TV 99 1 Zenith Carlton co creator with Barbara Cox The Bite Warner Sisters ABC AUS Film editInsignificance directed by Nicolas Roeg References edit Ben Miller and Diana Vickers star in Duck House in the West End whatsonstage com Whats On Stage 16 September 2013 Retrieved 21 September 2013 Terry Johnson IBDB Retrieved 3 April 2022 Terry Johnson IMDb Retrieved 3 April 2022 External links editIMDB biography Terry Johnson at doollee com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terry Johnson dramatist amp oldid 1197482415, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
