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Paul Laverty (born April 1, 1957) is a screenwriter and lawyer best known for his screenplays for films directed by Ken Loach.
Paul Laverty. Writer: Sorry We Missed You. Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, India, to an Irish mother and Scottish father. He obtained a Philosophy degree at the Gregorian University in Rome. Thereafter he obtained a law degree in Glasgow and went on to do an apprenticeship with two of Scotland's most celebrated lawyers. He became a ...
Mar 10, 2020 · Susan Kouguell speaks with Paul Laverty about his new film "Sorry We Missed You," a wrenching, intimate family drama that exposes the dark side of the so-called “gig economy.”
Jan 9, 2017 · The man behind this tragic film is Paul Laverty, perhaps the greatest living social realist screenwriter. For 20 years, he and director Ken Loach ( The Wind that Shakes the Barley ) have made empathetic films that strive to understand and relate social issues from the inside out.
Apr 13, 2024 · Ken Loach’s longtime screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to Jacobin about their final collaboration on The Old Oak, which follows Syrian refugees and ex-miners in Northeast England, and why the working class remains the last hope for justice in the world.
Sep 18, 2023 · Ken Loach and Paul Laverty joined Adrian Lobb in the pub ahead of The Old Oak's release on 29 September. The new film explores humanity's instinct for solidarity; and asks how we find hope in a hostile environment
Sep 20, 2023 · Since 1996, the 87-year-old has been in constant collaboration with the screenwriter Paul Laverty, and together they’ve created a remarkable body of work, from Carla’s Song and My Name is Joe to...
