Adam Price (born 7 May 1967) is a Danish screenwriter, playwright, and restaurateur.

Early life and education

Price's father John was a Danish actor and

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. His ancestors were British, and moved to Denmark from London in the late 18th century. Price studied law at the

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in the early 1990s, but had already begun professional script writing in the mid-1980s.

Career

Apart from writing, Price also stars as a television chef. With his brother, James Price, he co-hosts the Danish Broadcasting Corporation television programme ''Spise med Price'' (Eat with Price), which began in 2008, and entered its twelfth series in 2020. He is the writer of several cookbooks, and co-owns six ''Brdr. Price'' restaurants in Denmark. He has also worked as a freelance journalist, writing as a food-critic at the Danish newspaper

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. From 2001 to 2005 he was Head of Drama for the Danish broadcaster

TV 2 (Denmark) TV 2 (''TV to'') is a Danish government-owned broadcast and subscription television station in Denmark based in Odense, Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy ...

Work

Price has written a number of television series that have reached a broad audience in many countries around the world. He was a staff writer on the television series

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for DR Drama (1997–98). His television series ''

Ride Upon the Storm ''Herrens Veje'' ''( en, The Lord's Ways)'', entitled ''Ride Upon the Storm'' in the English-language subtitled version, is a 2017 Danish drama television series created by Adam Price, produced by Camilla Hammerich and starring Lars Mikkelsen. ...

'' ( DR, 2017 - 2018) has been sold widely around the world and was awarded the 2019 C21 Media international drama award in the category Best Non-English Language Drama. Price created the critically acclaimed television series '' Borgen'' (DR Drama 2008–2012), which was awarded a BAFTA award for Best International Drama. Price wrote Ragnarok (TV series) (2020). For the theatre, Price has written a number of plays and musicals, lately the critically acclaimed ''A Conversation Before Death'' (the Betty Nansen Theatre, Copenhagen 2014).

Awards

*Danish TV Award for Best Drama in 2006 for his TV series

Anna Pihl ''Anna Pihl'' is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck (''Kongekabale'') as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle ('' High Fidelity'' and '' Blinkende Lygter'') as Mikala. Three seasons have ...

(TV 2 Drama) * He was behind the original idea of the Emmy Award-winning Nikolaj og Julie (DR Drama).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Adam 1967 births Living people Danish male screenwriters Danish male dramatists and playwrights Danish chefs Danish cookbook writers Politiken writers Recipients of the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize Danish people of British descent People from Copenhagen