Barry Hines

Forfatter

30. juni 1939 — 13. marts 2016 (76 år)
An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire.

He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.

He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.

Kendt for

  • Kes
    Kes1969
  • Threads
    Threads1984
  • Looks and Smiles
    Looks and Smiles1981
  • Shooting Stars
    Shooting Stars1990
  • Screen One
    Screen One6 sæsoner
  • Play for Today
    Play for Today14 sæsoner

Filmografi

1990
1985
1984
1981
1980
The Gamekeeper · as Novel
1970
1969
Kes · as Novel