Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He was born on 10 October 1930 in Hackney, London. He married twice Vivien Merchant and Lady Antonia Fraser. He has one child. He completed his education at Hackney Downs school. He has worked as an actor, soundtrack, director, and writer. He started his career in a TV movie in 1961 with the drama movie En Tur I Byen. He has worked in 93 TV movies with the last one in 2016 titled National Theatre Live: No Man's Land. He has worked in 53 TV series with the first one in 1950 titled BBC Sunday- Night Theatre. His last work came in 2008 with Au Field De La Nuit. He has worked on 78 TV episodes in these series.

He has worked in 25 feature films with the first one in 1963 a drama movie titled The Guest Click to look into! >> Read More... and the last one in 2007 titled Sleuth. He worked on 13 short films the first one in 1965 titled The More Man Understands and the last one in Victoria Station in 2020. He has worked in four TV mini-series titled The Infamous John Friend in 1959 and the last one in 2019 titled The Monologue Project. He worked in four TV shorts starting from 1971 titled Schweigen and the last one in 1989 titled Pinter-cyclus. He worked on three different videos. In 2003, titled Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film. In 2008, titled A game of Cat and Mouse. In 2011 titled Smisene Dvouhry. He has worked in two different TV specials titled The 21st Annual Tony Awards in 1967 and One year on Iraq- A Newsnight Special. In total, he has worked in 275 titles.

He has been nominated for 13 awards and has won 10 of them. In 1964, he won the Writer's Guild of Great Britain award for best British dramatic screenplay for The Servant and best British original teleplay for The Lover. In 1968, he won Merit Scroll for best British screenplay for Accident. In 1972, he won the Writer's Guild of Great Britain award for best British screenplay for The Go-Between. In 2005 he won the Noble prize in literature. In 1964, he won the New York Critics Circle awards for the best screenplay for The Servant. In 1982, he won the David di Donatello Awards for the best foreign screenplay for The French Lieutenant's Woman.

In 1965, he won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts film award for Best British screenplay for The Pumpkin Eater. In 1972, he won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts film award for best screenplay for The Go-Between. In 1997, he won the academy fellowship in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards. He died on 24 December 2008 in London.