Julian Mitchell
Novelist, TV Writer
1935 –
Who is Julian Mitchell?
Charles Julian Humphrey Mitchell FRSL, is an English playwright, screenwriter and occasional novelist. He is best known as the writer of the play and film Another Country, and as a screenwriter for TV, producing many original plays and series episodes, including at least ten for Inspector Morse.
Mitchell was born in Epping, Essex, and educated at Winchester College, where he won the English Verse and Duncan Reading Prizes. He did his national service in submarines 1953-55 as a Sub Lt RNVR. He then went to Oxford, where he received a BA with first class honours in 1958. This was followed by a period as a Harkness Fellow in the USA. Since 1962 he has been a freelance writer.
In the late 1960s, Mitchell co-wrote the teleplay Arthur with Ray Davies of The Kinks. It was never produced, though it gave rise to the band's concept album. He recently recalled the aborted project: "Arthur had a most unhappy history. It was originally meant to be a ... sort of rock opera, and we got as far as casting and finding locations and were about to go when the producer went to a production meeting without a proper budget, tried to flannel his way through it, was immediately sussed and the production pulled. I have never been able to forgive the man."
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- Born
- May 1, 1935
Epping - Also known as
- Charles Julian Humphrey Mitchell
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- St Antony's College, Oxford
- Winchester College
- University of Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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