Awards & Winners

Alan Bennett

Date of Birth 09-May-1934
Place of Birth Armley
(West Yorkshire)
Nationality England
Also know as Alan
Profession Screenwriter, Author, Actor, Playwright
Alan Bennett is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. He was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full-time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His work includes The Madness of George III and its film adaptation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play and subsequent film The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Awards by Alan Bennett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alan Bennett.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway The History Boys

2006


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Honored for : The History Boys
Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : The History Boys

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay The History Boys
Tony Award for Best Play The History Boys
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Memoir/Biography Untold Stories
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play The History Boys

2005


Society of London Theatre Special Award
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Honored for : The History Boys

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The History Boys

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Talking Heads

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Talking Heads
Playing Sandwiches
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Talking Heads
Waiting For The Telegram

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted The Madness of King George

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Madness of King George

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay The Madness of King George

1992


British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama
Honored for : Screen One
(A Question of Attribution)
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment
Honored for : Talking Heads
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Talking Heads

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical Talking Heads
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment Talking Heads
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Screen One
A Question Of Attribution
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Screen Two
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The Madness of George III
BBC Award for the Play of the Year

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Single Spies","Single Spies

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor Talking Heads
A Chip in the Sugar
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series or Serial Talking Heads
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Talking Heads
Bed Among The Lentils
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Talking Heads
A Lady Of Letters
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series Talking Heads

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted Prick Up Your Ears

1985


London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year
Honored for : A Private Function

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay A Private Function

1968


British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

1963


Special Tony Award
Honored for : Beyond the Fringe
(For Beyond the Fringe, for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy)