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Writing

Ronald Harwood

Career: Active from 1962 to 2023, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

BAFTA Awards · Best Adapted Screenplay
2008 · Won
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
2003 · Won · 75th Academy Awards
The Pianist
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1984 · Nominated · 56th Academy Awards
The Dresser
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ronald Harwood Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 4
Political Thriller 3
Character-Driven 3
Historical Drama 3
Crime 2
Character-Driven Drama 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Backstage Drama 2
World War II 2
Complex Characters 2
Melancholy 2
Literary Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 73

The Dresser

82

Writer

Quartet

64

Theatre Play, Screenplay

2000s

9 titles · average score 64

Australia

58

Screenplay

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

87

Screenplay

Love in the Time of Cholera

44

Screenplay

Kidding with Oliver Twist: Barney Clark's Diary

Original Film Writer

Oliver Twist

64

Screenplay

Being Julia

70

Screenplay

The Statement

38

Writer

The Pianist

85

Screenplay

Taking Sides

66

Screenplay

1990s

3 titles · average score 65

Cry, the Beloved Country

65

Writer

The Browning Version

74

Writer

A Fine Romance

57

Writer

1980s

6 titles · average score 57

Costume Designer

Story

Mandela

65

Writer

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

Script

The Doctor and the Devils

36

Writer

The Dresser

71

Producer, Screenplay

Evita Peron

58

Teleplay

1970s

3 titles · average score 57

Operation: Daybreak

71

Screenplay

Eyewitness

53

Screenplay

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

46

Screenplay

1960s

5 titles · average score 57

Diamonds for Breakfast

55

Writer

Arrivederci, Baby!

57

Story

A High Wind in Jamaica

61

Screenplay

The Barber of Stamford Hill

Screenplay

Private Potter

56

Screenplay