Louis Marks

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Louis Marks
Born
Louis Frank Marks

(1928-03-23)23 March 1928
Died17 September 2010(2010-09-17) (aged 82)
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Writer
Producer

Louis Frank Marks (23 March 1928[1] – 17 September 2010) was an English screenwriter and producer, mainly for BBC Television. His career began in the late 1950s and continued into the next century.

Early life

Marks was born in

DPhil.[2]

Television

Marks' early work was as a writer for television. He began by contributing to

The Adventures of Robin Hood beginning with an episode screened in 1958 and The Four Just Men (1960), both for Sapphire Films/ITC. He wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Man Who Finally Died (1963), adapted from a television serial by Lewis Greifer, and Special Branch for Thames Television
(1970).

Marks wrote for

Jekyll and Hyde script for Planet of Evil (1975); and finally The Masque of Mandragora (1976), which drew on his academic background and studies of Renaissance
Italy.

He also served as a script editor on programmes such as Bedtime Stories (1974); The Stone Tape (1972); and No Exit (1972).

Marks' producer credits include

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot was screened by the BBC
in 2002.

He worked with distinguished actors including Anthony Hopkins, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Gambon, Judi Dench, and Ben Kingsley on the adaptation of another George Eliot work Silas Marner (1985).

Death

Marks died on 17 September 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (7 October 2010). "Louis Marks obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ISBN 88-222-3959-8
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  3. ^ "Writer and producer Louis Marks dies". Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
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