Awards & Winners

Peter Barnes

Date of Birth 10-January-1931
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality England, United Kingdom
Profession Screenwriter, Playwright, Film director, Television Director, Film Producer
Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination. Barnes was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire and performed his national service with the Royal Air Force. After this he spent a short period working for London County Council. Bored with his job, Barnes took a correspondence course in theology. It was at this time that he began to visit the British Museum reading room, which he used as an office on a daily basis. During this period he worked as a film critic, story editor, and a screenwriter. He achieved critical and box-office success with his baroque comedy The Ruling Class, which debuted at the Nottingham Playhouse. The play was notorious for its anti-naturalistic approach, unusual in theatre at the time. Critic Harold Hobson deemed it to be one of the best first plays of its generation. Following a successful three-month run in the West End, Barnes adapted the play for the 1972 film of the same name, which featured a highly acclaimed performance by Peter O'Toole.

Awards by Peter Barnes

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Barnes.

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special Merlin
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Enchanted April

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Enchanted April

1985


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Honored for : Red Noses
(Play of the Year)

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Red Noses
Play of the Year