Gary Young (screenwriter)
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Gary Young is a UK screenwriter who is probably best known for writing Harry Brown
starring Michael Caine
.
He has also written Madam Samurai a graphic novel
series with Eagle Award-winning artist David Hitchcock.
Harry Brown (film)
Harry Brown is a 2009 British action drama film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham....
starring Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
.
He has also written Madam Samurai a graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
series with Eagle Award-winning artist David Hitchcock.
Films
Films include:- ShootersShooters (film)Shooters is a 2002 British crime drama film from directors Colin Teague and Glenn Durfort, and writers Andrew Howard, Louis Dempsey and Gary Young. It was filmed in London in 1999 and released theatrically in the UK on January 25, 2002...
(2002) - SpivsSpivs (film)Spivs is a British comedy-crime drama film directed by Colin Teague, who also cowrote the screenplay along with screenwriters Gary Young, and Mike Loveday. It is the second of three undertakings by Teague and Young, the others being Shooters and The Last Drop, respectively...
(2004) - The Last DropThe Last DropThe Last Drop is a 2005 war adventure film from writer/director Colin Teague. Teague teamed up with screenwriter Gary Young, with whom he had previously collaborated on the British crime drama films Shooters and Spivs...
(2005) - The TournamentThe Tournament (film)The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...
(2009) - Harry BrownHarry Brown (film)Harry Brown is a 2009 British action drama film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham....
(2009)
Comics
- Madam Samurai (with art by David Hitchcock, 2-volume graphic novel series, Scar Comics, 2010, forthcoming)
External links
- Madam Samurai.com
- UK Film Council & Harry Brown
- Empire's Harry Brown review
- Harry Brown - written by our very own Gary Young, news article on Gary Young's agent's site
- Urban western Harry Brown, Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy and psychological thriller 1939 receive UKFC Lottery funding, piece from the UK Film Council about their involvement in Harry Brown