Biography
Sir Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL (né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).
Filmography
all 38
Movies 35
Screenplay 16
Writer 11
self 5
TV Shows 3
Producer 1
Screenplay

Faraway Downs (2023)
TV
Writer

The Dresser (2015)
Movie
6
Himself

The First Film (2015)
Movie
Theatre Play / Screenplay

Quartet (2012)
Movie
6
Screenplay

A Therapy (2012)
Movie
Screenplay

Australia (2008)
Movie
5.4
Screenplay

Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Movie
Original Film Writer

Kidding with Oliver Twist: Barney Clark's Diary (2006)
Movie
Screenplay

Oliver Twist (2005)
Movie
Screenplay

Being Julia (2004)
Movie
3
Writer

The Statement (2003)
Movie
Screenplay

The Pianist (2002)
Movie
8
Screenplay

Taking Sides (2002)
Movie
Writer

A Fine Romance (1991)
Movie
Writer

Mandela (1987)
Movie
Screenplay / Producer / Theatre Play

The Dresser (1983)
Movie
Teleplay

Evita Peron (1981)
Movie
Screenplay

Operation: Daybreak (1975)
Movie
Screenplay

Eyewitness (1970)
Movie
Screenplay

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Movie
Screenplay

The Barber of Stamford Hill (1963)
Movie
Screenplay

Private Potter (1962)
Movie
Self

The Oscars (1953)
TV
Information
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-11-09
Deathday
2020-09-08 (85 years old)
Birth Name
Ronald Horwitz
Birth Place
Cape Town, South Africa
Father
Isaac Horwitz
Mother
Isobel Pepper
Citizenships
Union of South Africa, United Kingdom
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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