Philip Gawthorne

Philip Gawthorne started his career as a playwright. He trained at the Royal Court Theatre in London and his plays have been performed throughout London and New York, at venues such as Atlantic Theater Studios, The Old Vic, The Sanford Meisner Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, The Soho, The Bush, The Hampstead, Riverside Studios and Theatre503, among many others. In 2007, he was accepted onto the elite BBC Writers Academy. In 2008, Broadcast magazine included him in their annual 'Hotshots' feature, which lists the most promising young talent in the industry. He worked extensively for the BBC before moving to Los Angeles in 2013, after selling an original TV pilot to the cable network Starz. He was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for his play 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. The feature-film version, starring Josh Whitehouse, Freya Mavor and Ian Hart, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and is due to be released in 2018. Gawthorne now has a number of feature projects in development, including the screen adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel 'Chrononauts' for Universal and Chris Morgan Productions, the film version of the classic detective series 'Kojak' for Universal and Vin Diesel, disaster movie 'Black Hole' for STX and San Andreas director Brad Peyton, cerebral science-fiction remake 'Cubed' for Lionsgate, and period action epic 'World Breaker', co-written with acclaimed director William Eubank. Gawthorne also recently worked (uncredited) for Fox and Chernin, as production screenwriter on William Eubank's forthcoming science-fiction movie 'Underwater', starring Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel and TJ Miller. IMDb Mini Biography By: [Anonymous](https://imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=Anonymous&view=simple&sort=alpha) Vis kilde på IMDb