Simon Moore (writer)
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Playwright, Director |
| Known for | Traffik |
Simon Moore is a British screenwriter, director, and playwright. He is best known as writer for the 1989 six-part BBC miniseries about the international illegal drug trade, Traffik, the basis for the 2000 American crime film Traffic and the 2004 three-part USA network miniseries by the same name.[1][2]
Moore won a
Career
Moore wrote and directed the 1991 film noir
Moore wrote the teleplay for the 1996 miniseries adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, which won five Emmys, including Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries for Moore. He also wrote the fantasy miniseries The 10th Kingdom and Dinotopia.
As playwright, he adapted Stephen King's novel Misery for the stage, with the play premiering in London's West End theatre in 1992 and revived in London in 2005.[5][6]
Personal life
Moore lives in Los Angeles, California.
References
- ^ Lim, Dennis (27 September 2009). "'Traffik,' British miniseries" – via LA Times.
- ISBN 978-0-7486-6453-5.
- ^ "Outstanding writing for a miniseries or a special - 1996". Emmys. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ISBN 1-55783-607-8.
- ^ Gritten, David. "Sharon Gless Out on a Limb" Los Angeles Times, December 29, 1992
- ^ Wolf, Matt. "Shock Novel `Misery' Comes to the London Stage" deseretnews.com, December 22, 1992
External links
- Simon Moore at IMDb
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