JB

John Briley

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 25, 1925Died December 14, 2019 (94 years)
John Richard Briley was an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films. He won the Best Original Screenplay at the 55th Academy Awards for Gandhi (1982). As well as film scripts, he wrote for television and theatre, and published several novels.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Medusa Touch
  • Enigma
  • Eagle's Wing

Known For

  • Gandhi
  • Cry Freedom
  • Children of the Damned
  • The Medusa Touch
  • Tai-Pan
  • Enigma
  • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
  • Molokai
  • Marie
  • Eagle's Wing
  • Pope Joan
  • That Lucky Touch
  • Invasion Quartet
  • Hammerhead
  • Sandino
  • Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

Filmography

1999
1992
1990
Sandino · as Screenplay
1987
Cry Freedom · as Screenplay
1986
Tai-Pan · as Screenplay
1985
Marie · as Screenplay
1982
1982
Enigma · as Screenplay
1979
Eagle's Wing · as Screenplay
1978
The Medusa Touch · as Screenplay
1975
That Lucky Touch · as Screenplay
1972
Pope Joan · as Screenplay
1964
Children of the Damned · as Screenplay
1962
Postman's Knock · as Screenplay
1961
Invasion Quartet · as Screenplay

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