Don Shaw (screenwriter)

Don Shaw
Born1934 (age 91–92)
OccupationTelevision writer

Don Shaw is a British screenwriter and playwright. His credits include Survivors, Doomwatch, Orde Wingate, Dangerfield[1] and Bomber Harris.[2][3][4] Shaw stated that before he took on writing for Survivors, 'I was very much an up-and-coming hot-shot writer. I was being sought after by The Wednesday Play and Play for Today and things like that.'[5]

Awards

In 1990 Shaw was nominated for a Bafta for his work on the TV film Bomber Harris.[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170820163251/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1b5756a
  2. ↑ Derby Telegraph (5 April 2011). "Author's free play offer to help theatre" Archived 24 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Derby Telegraph (20 June 2009). "No big screen return for Cloughie". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Don Shaw". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Survivors: A World Away > Interviews > Don Shaw". www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "BAFTA Awards: Television: Single Drama in 1990". BAFTA. Retrieved 15 March 2019.