Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies

Writing

September 20, 1936Rhiwbina, Wales, UK

Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.

Known for

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

House of Cards

House of Cards

2013

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2011

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007

War and Peace

War and Peace

2016

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Writing91

A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

2020

Writer

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2018

Writer

War and Peace

War and Peace

2016

Writer

A Poet in New York

A Poet in New York

2014

Writer

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2014

Writer

Quirke

Quirke

2014

Screenplay

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2011

Screenplay

South Riding

South Riding

2011

Writer

Sleep with Me

Sleep with Me

2009

Screenplay

Affinity

Affinity

2008

Writer

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

2008

Screenplay

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Screenplay

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2008

Writer

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

Script Consultant

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

2008

Writer

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2007

Screenplay

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007

Writer

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007

Screenplay

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007

Teleplay, Writer

The Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody

2007

Writer

The Line of Beauty

The Line of Beauty

2006

Adaptation

The Chatterley Affair

The Chatterley Affair

2006

Writer

Bleak House

Bleak House

2005

Writer

Falling

Falling

2005

Screenplay

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

Screenplay

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

2004

Writer

Boudica

Boudica

2003

Writer

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002

Screenplay

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

2002

Writer

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

2002

Writer

Othello

Othello

2001

Writer

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

2001

Writer

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

Screenplay

The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001

Screenplay

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

2000

Writer

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999

Writer

B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999

Novel

A Rather English Marriage

A Rather English Marriage

1998

Teleplay

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998

Writer

Bill's New Frock

Bill's New Frock

1998

Writer

Getting Hurt

1998

Writer

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

Writer

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

Writer

Emma

Emma

1996

Screenplay

Wilderness

Wilderness

1996

Writer

The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995

Writer

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995

Writer

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995

Writer

Game On

Game On

1995

Writer

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

1994

Writer

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

1994

Writer

Harnessing Peacocks

Harnessing Peacocks

1993

Writer

To Play the King

To Play the King

1993

Writer, Author

Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

1993

Writer

A Very Polish Practice

A Very Polish Practice

1992

Writer

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

1992

Writer

The Old Devils

The Old Devils

1992

Writer

Filipina Dreamgirls

Filipina Dreamgirls

1991

Writer

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

1991

Characters

House of Cards

House of Cards

1990

Screenstory, Writer

Alfonso Bonzo

Alfonso Bonzo

1990

Writer

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

1989

Writer

A Private Life

A Private Life

1989

Writer

Screen One

Screen One

1989

Writer

Lucky Sunil

Lucky Sunil

1988

Writer

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

1988

Screenplay

Inappropriate Behaviour

Inappropriate Behaviour

1987

Writer

A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986

Writer

Time After Time

Time After Time

1986

Writer

Pythons on the Mountain

Pythons on the Mountain

1985

Writer

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Writer

Diana

Diana

1984

Writer

Bavarian Night

1981

Writer

To Serve Them All My Days

To Serve Them All My Days

1980

Writer

The Legend of King Arthur

The Legend of King Arthur

1979

Writer

Renoir, My Father

Renoir, My Father

1978

Writer

Fearless Frank

Fearless Frank

1978

Writer

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

Writer

The Velvet Glove

The Velvet Glove

1977

Writer

The Signalman

The Signalman

1976

Writer

A Martyr to the System

A Martyr to the System

1976

Writer

The Imp of the Perverse

The Imp of the Perverse

1975

Adaptation

Grace

Grace

1975

Writer

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

Writer

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

1974

Writer

Centre Play

Centre Play

1973

Writer

A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

Writer

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Writer

Is That Your Body, Boy

Is That Your Body, Boy

1970

Writer

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Writer

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964

Writer

Creator30

A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

2020

Creator

Sanditon

Sanditon

2019

Creator

Quirke

Quirke

2014

Creator

Mr Selfridge

Mr Selfridge

2013

Creator

South Riding

South Riding

2011

Creator

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

2008

Creator

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2008

Creator

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

2008

Creator

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007

Creator

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

2004

Creator

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002

Creator

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

2002

Creator

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

2002

Creator

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

2000

Creator

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999

Creator

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998

Creator

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

Creator

The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995

Creator

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995

Creator

Game On

Game On

1995

Creator

To Play the King

To Play the King

1993

Creator

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

1991

Creator

House of Cards

House of Cards

1990

Creator

Alfonso Bonzo

Alfonso Bonzo

1990

Creator

A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986

Creator

Diana

Diana

1984

Creator

Educating Marmalade

Educating Marmalade

1982

Creator

Dark Towers

Dark Towers

1981

Creator

To Serve Them All My Days

To Serve Them All My Days

1980

Creator

The Legend of King Arthur

The Legend of King Arthur

1979

Creator

Acting6

Remembers…

Remembers…

2022

Self

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

2018

Himself

Drama Trails

2010

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

Self

Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

1995

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Production4

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2018

Executive Producer

War and Peace

War and Peace

2016

Executive Producer

House of Cards

House of Cards

2013

Executive Producer

Affinity

Affinity

2008

Executive Producer

Crew1

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

2000

Dramaturgy

Directing1

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2014

Director