Andrew Birkin

Andrew Birkin (b. 9 December 1945 London) is an English BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter, actor and director. He was born the only son of Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin by his wife the actress Judy Campbell nee Judy Gamble. One of his sisters is the actress Jane Birkin and his niece is actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, whom he directed in "The Cement Garden". His eldest son is actor David Tristan Birkin (born 1977). His son Anno Birkin (1980-2001), a poet and musician, was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 20. Birkin also directed his youngest son Ned (born 1985) in "The Cement Garden"

Filmography

*"" (co-writer with Luc Besson)
*"King David" (co-writer with James Costigan)
*"Slade in Flame" (writer, Mojo Media Award winner, 2006)
*"" (writer, associate producer)
*"Burning Secret" (writer, director; winner of Young Jury Prize, Brussels Film Festival, 1989)
*"Melody" (additional writer)
*"The Name of the Rose" (co-writer and actor, nominated for an Edgar Award jointly with Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, and Alain Godard)
*" (co-writer, nominated for Saturn Award for Best Writing jointly with Bernd Eichinger and Tom Tykwer)
*"Sredni Vashtar (writer, producer, director, winner of BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, 1981; nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action)
*"The Cement Garden" (writer, director; winner of Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director, 1992; nominated for Golden Berlin Bear; winner of the Golden Hitchcock at the Dinard British Film Festival; nominated for Best Film at Mystfest)
*"The Lost Boys" (writer, won Royal Television Society Award for Best Writer, Writers Guild of Great Britain Award)

Books

* Author, "J. M. Barrie and the Lost Boys" (Constables, 1979; Yale University press, 2003)

References

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External links

* [http://jmbarrie.co.uk/ Andrew Birkin's JM Barrie Website]
* [http://anno.co.uk/telegraph.shtml "Daily Telegraph" "The Boy Who Never Grew Old"]
* [http://anno.co.uk/introduction.shtml BBC Radio 4 "The Lost Boy"]