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David Storey is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer British born on 13 july 1933 at Wakefield (United-kingdom)

David Storey

David Storey
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Birth name David Malcolm Storey
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 july 1933 (90 years) at Wakefield (United-kingdom)

David Rhames Storey (born 13 July 1933 in Wakefield, Yorkshire) is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player.

Educated at QEGS Wakefield and at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, his plays include The Restoration of Arnold Middleton, The Changing Room, Cromwell, Home and Stages.

Storey was a trumpet player who wrote the screenplay for This Sporting Life (1963), directed by Lindsay Anderson, adapted from Storey's first novel of the same name, originally published in 1960, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. The film was the beginning of a long professional association with Anderson, whose film version of Storey's play In Celebration was released as part of the American Film Theatre series in 1975. Home and Early Days (both starred Sir Ralph Richardson; Home also starred Sir John Gielgud) were made into television films.

Storey's novels include Flight into Camden, which won the 1963 Somerset Maugham Award;
and the 1961 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; and Saville, which won the 1976 Booker Prize.

Biography

Formation
Slade School of Fine Art

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Filmography of David Storey (6 films)

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Actor

This Sporting Life, 2h14
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Rugby, Rugby à XIII
Actors Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Arthur Lowe
Rating74% 3.7450153.7450153.7450153.7450153.745015
Set in Wakefield, the film concerns a bitter young Yorkshire coal miner, Frank Machin (Harris). Following a nightclub altercation, in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league club and punches a couple of the others, he is recruited by the team's manager, who sees profit in his aggressive streak.

Director

Corner Gas: The Movie, 1h35
Directed by David Storey
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn
Rating68% 3.4436753.4436753.4436753.4436753.443675
Hank, Brent, and Wanda stand silently at the Corner Gas counter. Hank cryptically asks "How long has it been?", with Brent answering April 13, 2009, referencing the series finale. An armed robber enters and demands money, but is attacked by Hank. The robber shoots Brent in the arm and rips off Wanda's face when she intervenes, revealing her to be a robot. Wanda uses lasers to disarm the robber, while Brent checks his now visible robotic arm. The robber turns into a werewolf, and Wanda begins to fight him when Hank wakes up with the National Star judge in front of him at the Regina Airport. They depart for Dog River, where the town is in a riot. Hank proceeds to explain the events that caused the town to fall apart.

Scriptwriter

Never Surrender
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Patrick Kilpatrick, James Russo, Lateef Crowder
Rating26% 1.3164551.3164551.3164551.3164551.316455
Film d'action de Hector Echavarria avec Hector Echavarria, Patrick Kilpatrick, James Russo, Silvia Koys, Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, B.J. Penn
In Celebration, 2h11
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alan Bates, Bill Owen, Brian Cox, James Bolam
Rating69% 3.477433.477433.477433.477433.47743
The film stars Alan Bates (recreating his stage role) and takes place in a Yorkshire mining town. The Shaws (Bill Owen, Constance Chapman) are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary and their three sons have come up for a night out at an expensive restaurant. Mr. Shaw is a coal miner of 49 years, who married a woman from a higher social level (Constance Chapman). Mr. Shaw has only one year left until retirement. Mrs. Shaw urged her sons to abandon their father’s mining heritage in pursuit of corporate careers, but the results have not been positive. Andy (Bates), the oldest, became an attorney, but abandoned the work to pursue painting. Colin (James Bolam) was a former Communist party member, who has come to enjoy material (but not emotional) success as a labour negotiator for an automobile company. The youngest brother Steven (Brian Cox) is a teacher, married with four children of his own, who is writing a book, but has not produced any notable published works. The film examines the tensions which develop as the family reunite over the course of one evening. During the family gathering, the parents and their sons recall unpleasant past incidents, including the death of another brother, the mother’s suicide attempt, and the outing of one son as a homosexual.
This Sporting Life, 2h14
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Rugby, Rugby à XIII
Actors Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Arthur Lowe
Rating74% 3.7450153.7450153.7450153.7450153.745015
Set in Wakefield, the film concerns a bitter young Yorkshire coal miner, Frank Machin (Harris). Following a nightclub altercation, in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league club and punches a couple of the others, he is recruited by the team's manager, who sees profit in his aggressive streak.

Producer

Corner Gas: The Movie, 1h35
Directed by David Storey
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.4436753.4436753.4436753.4436753.443675
Hank, Brent, and Wanda stand silently at the Corner Gas counter. Hank cryptically asks "How long has it been?", with Brent answering April 13, 2009, referencing the series finale. An armed robber enters and demands money, but is attacked by Hank. The robber shoots Brent in the arm and rips off Wanda's face when she intervenes, revealing her to be a robot. Wanda uses lasers to disarm the robber, while Brent checks his now visible robotic arm. The robber turns into a werewolf, and Wanda begins to fight him when Hank wakes up with the National Star judge in front of him at the Regina Airport. They depart for Dog River, where the town is in a riot. Hank proceeds to explain the events that caused the town to fall apart.