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词条 Neil Biswas
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  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. Filmography

  4. Awards and nominations

  5. References

  6. External links

Neil Biswas (born 1971) is a British screenwriter, playwright and director best known for his non-fictional TV drama Bradford Riots, which he wrote and directed. Bradford Riots, a film that tells the story of 2001 riots from the perspective of an Asian family, was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2006 to great acclaim, winning the Arts Council England Decibel Award.[1]

Career

His stage-plays include Crash (Croydon Warehouse), Skirmishes (Etcetera), Overhear (National Tour – Leicester Haymarket, Bristol New Vic, Brixton Shaw) and Skin (Soho Theatre Company). He has also written for BBC Radio Four, The Royal Court YPT, English National Opera and Tara Arts.

Biswas has co-written the Talkback Productions' ten-part adaptation of In a Land of Plenty (screened on BBC2 in 2000). He also wrote the TV serials Second Generation for Channel 4 and the mini-series, The Take which ran on Sky 1, and directed two episodes of Skins (UK TV series). He has written an episode of the fantasy series Sinbad. He has also co-written and directed his original feature film Darkness Visible.

Biswas is the co-creator, lead writer and co-executive producer for Stan Lee's Lucky Man, which screened in January 2016. It was Sky 1’s highest rated original drama series ever.[2] [3]

Personal life

Neil Biswas is married to Manjinder Virk. They met on the set of the TV drama Bradford riots in 2007. As of 2013, he and his wife live in Brixton, South London.[4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Stan Lee's Lucky ManVariousTV series (Co-creator, Lead writer & Co-executive producer)
2017Darkness VisibleDirector
2012SinbadVariousTV series (Writer & Co-executive producer)
2010SkinsDirectorTV series (2 Episodes)
2009The Take (TV series)VariousTV series (Writer & Co-executive producer)
2007ForgivenCreative script consultantTV Movie
2006Bradford RiotsVariousTV Movie (Writer & Director)
2003Second Generation (film)WriterTV Movie
2003Two MinutesVariousShort (Writer & Director)
2001In a Land of PlentyWriterTV series (4 Episodes)

Awards and nominations

Neil Biswas received BAFTA's Break-Through Talent in 2007 for his made-for-television movie Bradford Riots. [5]

References

1. ^http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/brit-takes-how-the-uk-television-scene-is-changing-according-to-one-veteran-46654/
2. ^https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/sep/08/raceintheuk.broadcasting
3. ^https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lucky-man-writer-stan-lee-858262
4. ^{{cite web|author1=Tom Seymour|title=LFF 2013 Spotlight: Out Of Darkness|url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/out-of-darkness-tom-hiddleston-25118|publisher=Little White Lies|accessdate=4 March 2015|date=16 October 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101422/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/out-of-darkness-tom-hiddleston-25118|archivedate=2 April 2015|df=}}
5. ^{{cite news |accessdate=2018-01-06 |url= http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/brit-takes-how-the-uk-television-scene-is-changing-according-to-one-veteran-46654/ |title= Brit Takes: How the UK Television Scene is Changing According to One Veteran}}

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084439/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Neil Biswas] on IMDB
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