Writer

Harold Pinter

1930 – 2008

Active years (films on this site)

1963–1971

Genres

DramaRomance

Schools and movements

British CinemaClassical Hollywood

Directors worked with

Joseph Losey2 films

Biography

Harold Pinter was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pinter was one of the most influential modern dramatists of British theatre with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.

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Awards and honours

International

• BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay 1965
• Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1973
• America Award in Literature 1995
• Franz Kafka Prize 2005
• Nobel Prize in Literature 2005
• Europe Theatre Prize 2006
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Companion of Honour
• Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
• Hermann Kesten Prize
• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Sretenje Order, 1st class

National / local

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• Laurence Olivier Awards
• Society of London Theatre Special Award

2 films on this site

1. The Servant 1963 · Joseph Losey · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
2. The Go-Between 1971 · Joseph Losey · IMDb 7.1 · Writer