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Allan Cubitt was previously a teacher at John Ruskin High School, Croydon during the 1980s teaching English who became a British television, film, and theatre writer, director, and producer, best known for his work on '' Prime Suspect II'' and '' The Fall.''


Career

Cubitt taught English at John Ruskin school in Croydon, Surrey during the 1980s. In 1988, Cubitt got his start as a playwright where his play, ''Winter Darkness,'' won a
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bursary award that funded a year long writer-in-residence program at the
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. During that year, Cubitt wrote and directed ''The Pool of Bethesda'' in a production that starred the then Guildhall students
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. That production of ''The Pool of Bethesda'' won the
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Best New Play and Best Production Awards. It was subsequently restaged at the
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with a different cast. This led to scriptwriting work at the
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. Cubitt's first TV script was 1990's ''The Land of Dreams,'' and was the story of an asylum-seeking Black South African struggling with his new life in the UK. The TV show featured the actor
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and was part of the long-running anthology '' Screenplay'' TV series on BBC Two. In 1992, Cubitt wrote the script for '' The Countess Alice,'' a made-for-TV film starring
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about the Berlin Wall coming down. The story was co-produced with
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and was also part of '' Screenplay.'' Cubitt's first high-profile work as a writer was for the Helen Mirren mini-series, '' Prime Suspect II,'' which premiered in 1992. It was BAFTA nominated and won a Primetime Emmy Award. 1995's ''
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'' was a BAFTA nominated mini-series about the Great Famine in
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. In 1997, Cubitt again worked with Helen Mirren on the mini-series, ''
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.'' He wrote the part for Mirren. Also in 1997, Cubitt wrote the film '' St. Ives,'' known as ''All for Love'' in the
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, a romance featuring Miranda Richardson that was based on an unfinished work by
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. In 2000, Cubitt wrote the script adaption for the ''
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'' mini-series which starred
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and was made for
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. It later aired on ''
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'' in the United States. In 2002 and 2004, Cubitt worked on two separate Sherlock Holmes projects, an adaptation of ''
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,'' a film project that starred
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, and an original story called ''The Case of the Silk Stockings,'' which starred
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. In 2009, Cubitt adapted the Simon Carr memoir, ''The Boys Are Back in Town,'' into the Australian film, '' The Boys Are Back,'' that starred Clive Owen and was directed by Scott Hicks. Cubitt created the 2013 BBC Two television series, '' The Fall,'' from an initial pitch in 2009. The initial pitch was for twelve episodes, which ended up being split over the first two series. The show, which Cubitt characterises as a psychological drama, stars
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. Cubitt wrote and produced the first series, then wrote, produced and directed series two and three.
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are both a setting, a character, and an integral part of the show, and Cubitt wrote the majority of the show while based there, and cast the majority of the actors from there. In 2018 Cubitt wrote and directed an adaptation of Eugene McCabe's 1993 novel, Death & Nightingales starring Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly and Jamie Dornan. Cubitt is also a composer. He wrote a number of songs for 1997's ''
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,'' starring Helen Mirren. More recently, Cubitt contributed music throughout the three series of '' The Fall.'' He wrote Katie's songs and played guitar as she sings. Cubitt contributed two pieces of jazz music to the second series of '' The Fall,'' specifically episode 3, which was arranged and played by jazz pianist John Donaldson. He also wrote the music and played guitar and harmonica and sang "Spector's Blues," the song that played at the beginning of the second series of '' The Fall,'' episode 5 and again during Spector's dream in the car in episode 1 of season three. As of October 2016, Cubitt is working on a new British TV series as well as a play at National Theatre in London.


Filmography

* 1990: '' Screenplay:'' ''The Land of Dreams'' – Writer * 1992: '' Screenplay:'' '' The Countess Alice'' – Writer * 1992: '' Prime Suspect II'' (TV series) – Writer * 1995: ''
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'' (4-part original TV serial) – Writer * 1997: ''
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'' (4-hour original TV serial) – Writer * 1998: '' St. Ives'' aka ''All For Love'' – Writer * 2000: ''
Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...
'' (TV mini-series) – Screenplay, Executive Producer * 2002: ''
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'' (Documentary) – Writer (1 episode: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" on disk 1) * 2002: ''
The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is se ...
'' – Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer * 2004: '' Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'' – Writer, Co-Executive Producer * 2005-2006: '' Murphy's Law'' (TV series) – Writer * 2009: '' The Boys Are Back'' – Writer * 2011: '' The Runaway'' (TV series) – Writer * 2013-2016: '' The Fall'' (TV series) – Writer, Director, Creator, Executive Producer * 2018: '' Death and Nightingales (TV series)'' (TV series) - Writer, Director, Executive Producer ;Theatre * 1988: ''Winter Darkness'' at New End Theatre, Hampstead – Writer * 1990: ''The Pool of Bethesda'' at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond – Writer and Director


Awards

* 1990:
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(f/k/a Thames Television Theatre Writers Scheme), Best New Play and Best Production Awards for ''The Pool of Bethesda'' * 1992: The Writers' Guild of Great Britain The Pool of Bethesda Nominated Best Fringe Theatre Play * 1992: 28th Golden Prague Awards, Intervision and Eurovision Award for ''The Land of Dreams'' * 1993: BAFTA British Academy Television Awards, nominated for TV Drama Serial for '' Prime Suspect II'' * 1993: Emmy Award, Outstanding Mini-Series for '' Prime Suspect II'' * 1993: Peabody Award for '' Prime Suspect II'' * 1994:
Edgar Allan Poe Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
, Best TV Mystery Feature or Mini Series for '' Prime Suspect II'' * 1995: The Writers' Guild of Great Britain for ''
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'' nominated Best Original Drama Serial. * 1996: BAFTA British Academy Television Awards, nominated for TV Drama Serial for ''
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'' * 2010:
AFI Award The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ...
for ''
The Boys Are Back (film) ''The Boys Are Back'' is a 2009 drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. It is based on the 2001 memoir, ''The Boys Are Back in Town'', by Simon Carr. Plot Joe Warr ( Clive Owen) is a British sports ...
'' nominated for best adapted screenplay. * 2014: BAFTA British Academy Television Awards, nominated for Television Mini Series for '' The Fall'' * 2014:
Edgar Allan Poe Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
, Best Television Episode Teleplay for '' The Fall'' − "Episode 1" * 2014:
Irish Film & Television Academy The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is an all-Ireland organisation focused on film and television. It has about 1000 members, and is based in Dublin, with branches in London and Los Angeles. The IFTA now holds separate ceremonies for the ...
, IFTA Best Drama for '' The Fall'' * 2015:
London Screenwriters' Festival The London Screenwriters' Festival is an annual writers' and film makers' festival held in London, England since 2010. The festival offers workshops, seminars, lectures, screenplay competitions and the opportunity to pitch projects to a number ...
, Best British Crime Writing for '' The Fall'' * 2020:
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, IFTA Best Drama for '' Death and Nightingales''


Works and publications

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