Malcolm Mowbray (24 June 1949 – 23 June 2023) was a British screenwriter and director who worked in film and television.
Background
Mowbray was born in
Knebworth
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Wald ...
, Hertfordshire. His father was a dentist. He attended
Sherrardswood School,
Ravensbourne College of Art and Design
Ravensbourne University London is a public university on the Greenwich Peninsula in London, England. It is classified as a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive produc ...
, and the
National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2024 ranking by ''The Hollywood Repo ...
.
Career
Mowbray began his career in television, directing episodes of ''Premiere'', ''BBC2 Playhouse'', and ''Objects of Affection''. In 1984, he turned to feature films with ''
A Private Function
''A Private Function'' is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding in West Yorkshire. The film was also screened in the section of Un Certain Regard at the ...
''.
[ He directed and co-wrote with ]Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Socie ...
, with whom he shared the Evening Standard British Film Award
The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by London's ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent", judged by a panel of "top UK critics". Each ceremony ...
for Best Screenplay. He then moved to Los Angeles to continue working in film, though he returned to Britain by the 1990s.[ Additional credits include '']Crocodile Shoes
''Crocodile Shoes'' is a British 13-part television drama set across two series and was made by the BBC. It was screened on BBC1 in 1994 (Series 1) and in 1996 (Series 2).
The first series, comprising seven episodes, was written by and starred ...
'', '' Out Cold'', ''Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is the main fictional character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name Ellis Peters. The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedic ...
'', '' Pie in the Sky'', ''Don't Tell Her It's Me
''Don't Tell Her It's Me'' (alternately titled ''The Boyfriend School'') is a 1990 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg, Shelley Long, Jami Gertz and Kyle MacLachlan. The film was directed by Malcolm Mowbray and written by Sarah Bird (adapted fr ...
'', '' Sweet Revenge'', and ''Monsignor Renard
''Monsignor Renard'' was a four-part ITV television drama set in occupied France during World War II. It starred John Thaw as Monsignor Augustin Renard, a French priest who is drawn into the Resistance movement. The series was later shown in th ...
''.[
Following his final feature, ''Meeting Spencer'', in 2011, he turned to academia.][ In 2016, he was named head of directing at the Northern Film School Leeds.]
Personal life
Mowbray married Valerie Hill in 1977. They first met when they were both students at Ravensbourne. The couple had two sons and were together until her death in 2006.[ Mowbray died from complications of dementia on 23 June 2023, the day before his 74th birthday.][
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1949 births
2023 deaths
20th-century British screenwriters
Alumni of Ravensbourne University London
Alumni of the National Film and Television School
British film directors
British male screenwriters
British television directors
Deaths from dementia in England
English expatriates in the United States
People from Knebworth