Born Tomáš Sträussler in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, in 1937, and dying in Dorset in 2025, Tom Stoppard fled the Nazis as a child and was raised in India and England. His play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) made his name, and he became one of the most admired of British playwrights, with Arcadia and The Real Thing. He also wrote screenplays, among them Brazil (with Terry Gilliam) and Shakespeare in Love, which won the Oscar. His one film as director, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), won the Golden Lion at Venice.
Filmography
Photo: Wikipedia