Writer
John McGrath
91 years · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK · 20 films
Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin Soldiers, The Reckoning, The Dressmaker and 1991's Robin Hood, and produced films such as Carrington and Aberdeen.
Best known for
Filmography 20
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023 · Self - interviewed guest
Half the Picture
1996 · Producer, Writer
On Plex
Carrington
1995 · Producer
On Philo
The Long Roads
1993 · Writer
Robin Hood
1991 · Writer
The Dressmaker
1988 · Writer
Blood Red Roses
1986 · Director, Writer
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980 · Director, Writer
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
1980 · Writer, Director
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · Various, Writer
The Bouncing Boy
1972 · Writer
Orkney
1971 · Writer
The Reckoning
1970 · Screenplay
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 · Writer
Double Bill
1969 · Director
The Bofors Gun
1968 · Writer
On Fawesome
Billion Dollar Brain
1967 · Screenplay
On Philo
Exit 19
1966 · Producer
The Day of Ragnarok
1965 · Producer, Director
The Diary of a Nobody
1964 · Writer, Producer