Alun Owen
Alun Owen ( * November 24, 1924 in Menai Bridge, Wales, † December 6, 1994 in London, England ) was a British screenwriter.
Biography
Alun Owen worked as Assistenzinspizient in a theater and thus came into contact with acting. From 1952, he played small roles in television series and films. In 1959 he began as a screenwriter. His first scripts he sent to the BBC. His first self- penned piece, Progress to the Park was recorded for radio and later also listed in the West End. Another piece, The Rough and Ready Lot was produced by BBC television. In 1960 he wrote his first screenplay with The Criminal for a feature film, which built upon the storyline of Jimmy Sangster.
When Richard Lester should be directing the first film of the Beatles, he hired Owen, with whom he had already worked on ITV. The screenplay earned him an Oscar nomination in 1965 for best original screenplay one. Despite this success, Owen continued to work primarily in television and has written screenplays for a variety of television series such as Theatre 625, ITV Saturday Night Theatre or ITV Sunday Night Drama.
In the 1980s, he wrote no more screenplays for television. The last he wrote for the 1990 broadcast miniseries Come Home Charlie and Face Them.