David Nicholls (writer)

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David Nicholls

Born	November 30, 1966 (1966-11-30) (age 41) Hampshire
Occupation	Screenwriter and novelist
Nationality	British

David Nicholls (born November 30, 1966) is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter.

Throughout his twenties, he worked as a professional actor, using the stage name David Holdaway. He played small roles at various theaters, including the West Yorkshire Playhouse and, for a three year period, at the Royal National Theater.

His novels include Starter for Ten (2003) and The Understudy (2005).

As a screenwriter, he adapted his first novel for the film Starter for Ten and contributed scripts to the third series of Cold Feet. For the latter he was nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft award for Best New Writer.^[1] He created the original series I Saw You and Rescue Me. He co-wrote the screenplay for Simpatico, and authored the adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing for the BBC's 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told season. Most recently, he wrote the screenplay of the film And When Did You Last See Your Father?, an adaptation of the memoir by Blake Morrison.

He has penned an adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles for the BBC which will air in 2008. He is now working on an adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd for BBC Films.^[2]

[edit] Background

Nicholls is the middle of three siblings. He attended Barton Peveril sixth-form college at Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 1983 to 1985 (taking A-levels in drama and theater studies - like his elder and younger siblings - , English, physics and biology, and playing a wide range of roles in college drama productions. He then attended Bristol University in the mid 1980s, before training as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama.