David Sherwin
David Sherwin | |
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| Born | David Sherwin-White 24 February 1942 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK[1] |
| Died | 8 January 2018 (aged 75) United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | England |
| Education | Tonbridge School |
| Genre | Screenwrting, memoir |
| Notable works | if.... O Lucky Man! Britannia Hospital |
| Spouses | Gay Conolly (????-1974) Monika Hayden (1977-2017)[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Relatives | A. N. Sherwin-White (father) |
David Sherwin-White (24 February 1942 – 8 January 2018)[1] was a British screenwriter best known for his collaborations with director Lindsay Anderson and actor Malcolm McDowell on the films if.... (1968) (for which Sherwin was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay), O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982).
Sherwin attended Tonbridge School, which provided much of the inspiration for the content of if.....
In 1996, Sherwin published a memoir, Going Mad in Hollywood: And Life with Lindsay Anderson, (Andre Deutsch) ISBN 978-0-233-98966-2. A film of the memoir was planned by the director Michael Winterbottom, with Malcolm McDowell cast as Anderson, but never materialised.[2]
He was the son of Oxford historian A. N. Sherwin-White.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Gilbey, Ryan (2 February 2018). "David Sherwin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ Gilbey, Ryan (2 February 2018). "David Sherwin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ↑ "Sherwin-White, David". Tonbridge School. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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