| 词条 | Christopher Wicking |
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| name = Christopher Wicking | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1943 | birth_place = London, England United Kingdom | death_date = 2008 | death_place = Toulouse, France | education = | occupation = Film and television screenwriter | spouse = the stage director Lily Susan Todd | parents = | children = }}Christopher Wicking (10 January 1943 – 13 October 2008), also known as Chris Wicking, was a British screenwriter, often in the horror and fantasy genres, notably for the British arm of American International Pictures and with Hammer Film Productions,[1] for whom he was the last 'resident script editor'.[2][2] Early lifeWicking was born in London and educated at Coopers' Company's School.[1] While studying at St Martin's School of Art, London, he determined to break into the film industry.[2] MoviesHe began as a film booking clerk for Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors and, while working as an assistant film editor on documentaries[6] in London, he began writing profiles of directors for the influential French movie magazine Cahiers du cinéma.[2] He was a lifelong fan of westerns and wrote movie feature articles and interviews about the genre for various British magazines including the Monthly Film Bulletin and Time Out.[3] He also continued to write for French magazines including Cahiers du cinéma, Positif[3] and Midi Minuit Fantastique.[4] His first credit as a screenwriter[1] was on the 1969 movie The Oblong Box, initially with Michael Reeves and, after Reeves' death, for director Gordon Hessler.[2] Although Wicking was only credited for "additional dialogue", Hessler later verbally credited him as writing the entire filmed script.[3] TelevisionWicking also wrote episodes[2] for British TV series The Professionals (1979–1982),[3] Jemima Shore Investigates and the TV dramas The Way to Dusty Death (1995),[3] On Dangerous Ground (1996).[3] and Powers (2004).[5] Later yearsHe taught screenwriting at various UK institutions including the Royal College of Art, the Arvon Foundation,[2] the National Film and Television School, Leeds Metropolitan University and King Alfred's College, Winchester; and, in Ireland, at University College Dublin,[2] the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Irish Film Institute's Education Department.[4] It was said that he had a fondness for "termite art" - less "precious" work that valued personal vision and idiosyncrasy.[2] Wicking died of a heart attack[6] in Toulouse, France, on 13 October 2008. WorksFeature films
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/christopher-wicking-screenwriter-and-critic-who-wrote-for-hammer-and-worked-on-the-adaptation-of-absolute-beginners-972804.html|title= Independent, 25th October, 2008 | work=The Independent | location=London | first=John | last=Jeremy | date=25 October 2008 | accessdate=30 April 2010}} 2. ^All's Well That Ends: an interview with Chris WickingMonthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 55, Iss. 658, (1 November 1988): 322. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5057715.ece|title= The Times, 1st November, 2008 | location=London | date=1 November 2008 | accessdate=30 April 2010}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.christopherwicking.com/|title= Wicking's incomplete official website, written by Wicking himself, shortly before his death | accessdate=7 February 2009}} 5. ^Action TV Online - Powers episode guides 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/06/obituary-christopher-wicking|title= Guardian, 6th February, 2009 | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=6 February 2009 | accessdate=30 April 2010 | first=Gavin | last=Gaughan}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679339/|title= IMDB listing}} {{unreliable?|date=March 2019}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679338/|title= IMDB listing}} {{unreliable?|date=March 2019}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679302/|title= IMDB listing}} {{unreliable?|date=March 2019}} External links
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