David Wolstencroft

David Wolstencroft: David Wolstencroft

Born 1969 (age 41–42)
Honolulu, Hawaii

Nationality Scottish

Alma mater Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Occupation Writer

David Wolstencroft is a Scottish television writer and author. He is best known as creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV spy drama Spooks and its spin-off series, Spooks: Code 9. Wolstencroft was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1969 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, later going on to read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He won the Royal Television Society's Network Newcomer award after producing his first drama, Psychos, for Channel 4 in 1999. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for the film Shooting Dogs.^[1] He is also the author of two novels- Good News, Bad News and Contact Zero. Both are of the espionage/spy genre involving the British intelligence services. He was once in the noted Fairmilehead band "Aeneas Shock" as a keyboard player.^[2]

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^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938727/

^ http://www.writingstudio.co.za/page1475.html

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Date of birth July 16, 1969

Place of birth Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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