John McGrath
Born: 1935-07-01 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: 2002-01-22
Known For: Writing
Biography
Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin Soldiers, The Reckoning, The Dressmaker and 1991's Robin Hood, and produced films such as Carrington and Aberdeen.
Filmography
2023
- imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester as Self - interviewed guest
2000
- Aberdeen ... (Co-Producer)
1996
- Half the Picture ... (Writer)
1995
- Carrington ... (Producer)
1994
- Mairi Mhor ... (Writer)
1993
- The Long Roads ... (Writer)
1991
- Robin Hood ... (Writer)
1990
- Border Warfare ... (Writer)
1988
- The Dressmaker ... (Writer)
1986
- Blood Red Roses ... (Director)
1980
- The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something ... (Director)
1974
1972
- The Bouncing Boy ... (Writer)
1971
- Orkney ... (Writer)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
- Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr ... (Novel)
- The Reckoning ... (Screenplay)
1969
- The Virgin Soldiers ... (Writer)
- Double Bill ... (Director)
1968
- The Bofors Gun ... (Writer)
1967
- Billion Dollar Brain ... (Screenplay)
1965
- The Day of Ragnarok ... (Director)
1964
- The Diary of a Nobody ... (Writer)
- Six ... (Director)
1962
- Z-Cars ... (Director)