Alan Sharp
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Teleplay
Born Jan 12, 1934 · Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Active 1964–2013
Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s, and wrote the first ever Play for Today, The Long Distance Piano Player, starring The Kinks frontman Ray Davies.
Filmography
Rob Roy (1995) — ScreenplayNight Moves (1975) — WriterUlzana's Raid (1972) — Writer · Associate ProducerNightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) — Adaptation · WriterDean Spanley (2008) — ScreenplayThe Osterman Weekend (1983) — ScreenplayThe Hired Hand (1971) — ScreenplayBen Hur (2010) — WriterThe Last Run (1971) — ScreenplayDamnation Alley (1977) — ScreenplayBilly Two Hats (1974) — WriterAvenger (2006) — TeleplayMission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991) — WriterComing Out of the Ice (1982) — WriterPlay for Today (1970) — WriterReversible Errors (2004) — TeleplayLathe of Heaven (2002) — TeleplayITV Playhouse (1967) — WriterThe Last Hit (1993) — ScreenplayThe Long Distance Piano Player (1970) — WriterA Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965) — WriterBetrayed by Love (1994) — WriterWhile I Was Gone (2004) — TeleplayDescending Angel (1990) — Teleplay