Russell Lewis

Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963 in London) is an English television writer and former actor.

For other people named Russell Lewis, see Russell Lewis (disambiguation).

Russell Lewis
Born
Russell Lewis

(1963-09-11) 11 September 1963
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter and former child actor
Years active1967–present

Career

Lewis began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films The Looking Glass War (1970) and Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). He played the 7-year-old Winston Churchill in Young Winston (1972), and featured in the 1973 horror films Tales That Witness Madness (as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger) and Voices. He also starred as George Gathercole in The Kids from 47A. He appeared as the young Lucius in I, Claudius (1976) and in an episode of London's Burning in 1989.

By the mid-1980s, Lewis had begun to write for television series; his writing credits include episodes of Perfect Scoundrels, Taggart, The Bill, Wycliffe, Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC, The Ambassador, Monsignor Renard, Playing the Field, Without Motive, The Last Detective, Murphy's Law, Spooks and Lewis. Lewis has co-written three of the Sharpe films, Sharpe's Battle, Sharpe's Challenge[1] and 2008's Sharpe's Peril. He also penned several episodes of Cadfael and an episode of Hornblower.

In 2009, Russell adapted Agatha Christie's novel The Pale Horse for the fifth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple, starring Julia McKenzie, which first aired in 2010.[2]

He devised and wrote the Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour which was first broadcast on 2 January 2012. He wrote the pilot film and all 29 of the subsequent one-hour-thirty instalments so far.

Awards

In 1993, Lewis won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain TV - Original Drama Series Award for Between the Lines. The award was shared with the other writers of the show at the time, J.C. Wilsher, Rob Heyland, Steve Trafford and Michael Russell.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1970The Looking Glass WarAvery's Child
1971Sunday Bloody SundayHodson Child
1972Young WinstonWinston (aged 7)
1973The Love Ban
1973Tales That Witness MadnessPaul(segment "Mr. Tiger")
1974VoicesJohn
1976The Blue BirdChildren of the Future

References
  1. "Sharpe's Challenge writer: Russell Lewis". Sharpe Film. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  2. "Julia McKenzie back as Marple in The Pale Horse," Press Release by ITV, 22 February 2010 Archived 25 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.