Writing
Alan Bennett
- Titles
- 70movies29TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1982 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Hamlet90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Biographical3.5average 0.9
- Wit & Wordplay6.1average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Satire & Parody4.3average 2.3
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Politics4.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.4, average 5.1
- Violence2.0, average 4.3
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
- Tension4.7, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 4
- Psychological Depth 4
- Sharp Dialogue 4
- British Social Realism 3
- Intimate Storytelling 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Melancholy 3
- Superb Acting 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
- Human Condition 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
George FentonComposerThe Choral, The Lady in the Van, In Love and War, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, +10 more
Stephen FrearsDirectorPlay for Today, BBC2 Play of the Week, Prick Up Your Ears, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sunset Across the Bay, +5 more
Nicholas HytnerDirectorThe Choral, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, +2 more
Stuart BurgeDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Breaking Up, Talking Heads 2, Talking Heads, +1 more- GGiles FosterDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, All Day on the Sands, A Woman of No Importance., Talking Heads, +1 more
Julie WaltersActorPrick Up Your Ears, Julie Walters and Friends, Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Intensive Care, Say Something Happened- KKen PearceEditorSunset Across the Bay, An Englishman Abroad, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, A Day Out, The Insurance Man
Patricia RoutledgeActorA Visit from Miss Prothero, A Woman of No Importance., Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet, Doris and Doreen
Richard GriffithsActorThe History Boys, A Private Function, The Merry Wives of Windsor, National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Frances de la TourActorThe Lady in the Van, National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage, National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art, National Theatre Live: People
Gavin MillarDirectorPlay for Today, Talking Heads, Intensive Care, Talking Heads 2
Udayan PrasadDirectorTalking Heads, One Fine Day, 102 Boulevard Haussmann, Talking Heads 2
Movies and TV shows
32000s
3 titles · average score 64
68
The History Boys (2006)
Screenplay, Author
Meg and Mog (2003)
TV show · as Owl
60
The Young Visiters (2003)
as Narrator (voice)