Frank Cottrell Boyce Writer

Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 23 September 1959) is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He has recently achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming.Cottrell-Boyce has won two major British awards for children's books, the 2004 Carnegie Medal for Millions, which originated as a film script, and the 2012 Guardian Prize for The Unforgotten Coat, which was commissioned by a charity.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 23, 1959
Birth place
Rainhill , Lancashire
Nationality
British people

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Writer

Career start1984
genre
Children's literature
Screenplay

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Frank Cottrell Boyce on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://motherdaughterbookclub.com/2010/02/interview-with-frank-cottrell-boyce-author-of-millions-framed-and-cosmic
  2. http://swearbyit.typepad.com/infinity_park
  3. http://www.chittyfliesagain.com
  4. http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,4693/Itemid,99999999