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David Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. As a screenwriter, he is known for his noirish original thrillers, classic adaptations and period gothic pieces.
David Pirie was a journalist and film critic before he became a screenwriter. Just a few of his numerous credits are the BAFTA nominated adaptation for the BBC of The Woman in White and his collaboration with Lars Von Trier on the script of the Oscar nominated film Breaking the Waves. David Pirie lives in Somerset.
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David Pirie has 25 books on Goodreads with 6924 ratings. David Pirie’s most popular book is The Patient's Eyes.
David Pirie is known for Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000), Ashenden (1991) and Never Come Back (1990).
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1947 USA. This deceptively titled film encompasses multiple themes, some very dark, in order to finally offer quite a complex message. And James Stewart, the quintessential American movie actor, deserves to be top and bottom of any list.
A one-time film critic for Time Out magazine and presenter of the BBC World Service's Soundtrack, David Pirie was also a frequent contributor to Sight and Sound magazine and the Monthly Film Bulletin.
A Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema 1946-1972 is a 1973 book written by David Pirie analysing the horror films made by the British film industry and attempting to claim them as a legitimate expression of national culture.
