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Johnny Byrne

Johnny Byrne
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Birth name John Christopher Byrne
Nationality Irlande
Birth 27 november 1935 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 2 april 2008 (at 72 years) at Norwich (United-kingdom)

Johnny Byrne (27 November 1935—2 April 2008) was an Irish writer and script editor for the BBC. He travelled extensively in his youth as a travelling poet. During the 1960s he worked as a literary editor, and wrote short stories that were published in Science Fantasy magazine.

Byrne's other works include the novel Groupie (1969, co-written with Jenny Fabian), the BBC "Wednesday Play" Season of the Witch (1971), and the scripts for the films Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1972, co-written with original author Spike Milligan and Norman Cohen), and Rosie Is My Relative (1976). He was script editor of the TV series All Creatures Great and Small (1976, 1978, 1985, 1988–1990), writing 29 episodes, and also produced scripts for One by One (1987). Byrne was the creator of the TV drama series Heartbeat (which was loosely based on the Constable books by Nicholas Rhea), writing 23 episodes for 17 series between 1992 and 2005. He also created and wrote for Noah's Ark (1997–98).

Biography

Débuts
Né en Irlande, puis voyageant dans sa jeunesse, Johnny Byrne fut professeur d'anglais et « poète itinérant » dans plusieurs pays d'Europe. En 1956, il quitte définitivement l'Irlande pour s'installer en angleterre. Dans les années 1960, il travaille en tant qu'éditeur littéraire et publie des nouvelles dans le magazine Science Fantasy.


Carrière de scénariste
Il débute en 1970 en tant que scénariste par le scénario de Season of the Witch, un téléfilm de la BBC diffusé dans le cadre de l'anthologie The Wednesday Play. En 1972 il co-écrit l'adaptation en film de Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall avec le comique Spike Milligan et l'écrivain Norman Cohen. Il signe aussi en 1976 le scénario du film Rosie Is My Relative.

En 1976 il devient script-éditor (responsable des scénarios) sur la série vétérinaire All Creatures Great and Small poste qu'il occupera par intermittence (1978, 1985, 1988 et 1990) et pour lequel il écrira 29 épisodes. Il écrira aussi en 1987 des scénarios pour une autre série sur les chirurgiens vétérinaire One by One. Il sera aussi le créateur de la série Hearbeat qui a duré de 1992 à 2010 et en écrira près de 23 épisodes. Entre 1997 et 1998 il créé et écrit les épisodes d'une courte série Noah's Ark sur la vie d'un vétérinaire.


Cosmos 1999
Entre 1973 et 1975 Johnny Byrne fut l'un des scénariste les plus prolifique de la première saison de la série Cosmos 1999, y écrivant 8 épisodes. Il fut engagé en tant que consultant sur la deuxième saison de la série, mais la production, souhaitant avoir plus d'impact sur le marché américain engagea finalement un consultant américain et il fut pour finir remplacé par Fred Freiberger. Il écrira néanmoins le premier épisode et les deux derniers épisodes de la saison.


Doctor Who
Johnny Byrne a aussi contribué à la série Doctor Who dans les années 1980. Son premier épisode fut « The Keeper of Traken » (1981) un épisode qui commence une trilogie ayant pour centre la résurrection du Le Maître. Pour cela il créa le personnage de Nyssa qui devint plus tard un compagnon récurrent du 5e Docteur, incarné par Peter Davison. Son deuxième scénario, « Arc of Infinity » (1983) voit la résurrection d'Omega, un méchant apparu dans l'épisode de 1973 « The Three Doctors. » Enfin son dernier scénario, « Warriors of the Deep » (1984) fait réapparaître les Siluriens et les démons des mers. Toutefois celui-ci fut sévèrement réécrit par le script-éditor Eric Saward et la production de l'épisode fut une catastrophe. Johnny Byrne, qui avait un autre projet de scénario pour la série, préféra se tourner vers d'autres séries.

En 1990, Johnny Byrne fut contacté par le groupe Daltenreys pour écrire un film sur Doctor Who. Toutefois, pour des raisons de légalité entre la BBC et la compagnie de production, le film ne fut jamais fait.


Autres travaux
En 1969, Johnny Byrne co-écrit avec Jenny Fabian le roman Groupie.

Best films

In America (2003)
(Set Decoration)

Usually with

Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan
(1 films)
Norman Cohen
Norman Cohen
(1 films)
Steve Barron
Steve Barron
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Johnny Byrne (6 films)

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Scriptwriter

To Die For
To Die For (1994)
, 1h41
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Tony Slattery, Dillie Keane, Jean Boht, John Altman, Ian McKellen, Caroline Munro
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.750332.750332.750332.750332.75033
Set in London in the early nineties, the film portrays the bitter-sweet lifestyles of a young gay couple in a fiery open relationship. Mark is an acerbic drag queen with a sharp tongue, who finds it difficult to accept his much better-looking partner's highly-promiscuous lifestyle of non-stop clubbing and cruising. Worse still, Mark is HIV positive and his partner is negative.
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall, 1h42
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard, Tony Selby, Geoffrey Hughes, Spike Milligan
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.8504952.8504952.8504952.8504952.850495
Aspiring jazz musician Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill-on-Sea, where he begins training to take part in World War II. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes.

Art

Tristan & Isolde, 2h5
Directed by Kevin Reynolds
Origin German
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Children's films
Actors James Franco, Sophia Myles, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rufus Sewell, David O'Hara, Mark Strong
Roles Set Decoration
Rating67% 3.399073.399073.399073.399073.39907
The film is set in Great Britain and Ireland, in the Dark Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Lord Marke of Cornwall (Rufus Sewell) plans to unify the peoples of Britain – Celts, Angles, Saxons and Jutes – under himself as high king to resist Irish domination.
Everything Is Illuminated, 1h46
Directed by Liev Schreiber
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Elijah Wood, Eugene Hütz, Laryssa Lauret, Jan Pavel Filipenský
Roles Set Decoration
Rating73% 3.698863.698863.698863.698863.69886
Jonathan Foer, (Elijah Wood) a young American Jew, goes on a quest to find the woman, Augustina, sister of Lista (Laryssa Lauret), who saved his grandfather during the Holocaust in a small Ukrainian town called Trachimbrod that was wiped off the map when the Nazis liquidated Eastern European shtetls. His guides are a cranky, anti-semitic grandfather (Boris Leskin); his deranged Border collie named Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.; and his over-enthusiastic grandson, Alex (Eugene Hutz), whose fractured command of English, passion for American pop culture, and constant chatter threaten to make the worst of every situation. The guides are not very knowledgeable about the subject of finding Jews, and usually just attempt to scam them by taking them on long journeys, however after hearing about Jonathan's compelling story, they decide they actually want to help him. After traveling through much of rural Ukraine they eventually find Augustina's sister, who leads them to where Augustina was killed by Nazi soldiers after her father refused to spit on the Torah. The grandfather kills himself after it was revealed he was Jewish and managed to survive the war himself. His suicide was portrayed as more of a relief than a tragedy. Jonathan returns home after saying farewell to his new friend Alex.
In America
In America (2003)
, 1h45
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Emma Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger, Tom Murphy
Roles Set Decoration
Rating76% 3.847893.847893.847893.847893.84789
In 1982, Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their daughters Christy and Ariel enter the United States on a tourist visa via Canada, where Johnny was working as an actor. The family settles in New York City, in a rundown Hell's Kitchen tenement occupied by drug addicts, transvestites, and a reclusive Nigerian artist/photographer named Mateo Kuamey. Hanging over the family is the death of their five-year-old son Frankie, who died from a brain tumor. The devout Roman Catholic Johnny questions God and has lost any ability to feel true emotions, which has affected his relationship with his family. Christy believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother, which she only uses at times of near-dire consequences for the family as they try to survive in New York.
Rat
Rat (2001)
, 1h28
Directed by Steve Barron
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Imelda Staunton, Pete Postlethwaite, Frank Kelly, Ed Byrne, Geoffrey Palmer, Kerry Condon
Roles Set Decoration
Rating58% 2.9492852.9492852.9492852.9492852.949285
After his usual night of drinking at the local pub, Hubert Flynn (Pete Postlethwaite) returns home and transforms into a rat. Hubert's family each have different views on him now that he became a rodent. His wife Conchita (Imelda Staunton) thinks that this change is supposed to be a lesson to Hubert and that the reason he transformed is his own fault. Their son Pius (Andrew Lovern), destined for a religious life, feels that because his father is now an animal, his family should kill him. Their daughter Marietta (Kerry Condon) feels that the rat is still her father and that they should treat him with love and respect.