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Paul Laverty (born April 1, 1957) is a screenwriter and lawyer best known for his screenplays for films directed by Ken Loach.
Paul Laverty. Writer: Sorry We Missed You. Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, India, to an Irish mother and Scottish father. He obtained a Philosophy degree at the Gregorian University in Rome. Thereafter he obtained a law degree in Glasgow and went on to do an apprenticeship with two of Scotland's most celebrated lawyers. He became a ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Ken Loach’s longtime screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to Jacobin about their final collaboration on The Old Oak, which follows Syrian refugees and ex-miners in Northeast England, and why the working class remains the last hope for justice in the world.
Sep 18, 2023 · Ken Loach and Paul Laverty joined Adrian Lobb in the pub ahead of The Old Oak's release on 29 September. The new film explores humanity's instinct for solidarity; and asks how we find hope in a hostile environment
Sep 29, 2023 · Ken Loach’s long-time collaborator, screenwriter Paul Laverty, discusses the celebrated director’s final film, The Old Oak, which examines the social tensions in a historic mining town. In May...
Jan 9, 2017 · Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) embodies the honest, hardworking everyman who's just trying to survive in a society that tells him his poverty is his own fault—and punishes him for it. The man behind this tragic film is Paul Laverty , perhaps the greatest living social realist screenwriter.
Jun 20, 2023 · When I met them on the terrace of the Palais des Festivals at Cannes, director Ken Loach and his writing partner Paul Laverty—who together have been to Cannes 11 times and won two Palmes d’Or—informed me that of the roughly 150 journalists who sought to interview them about their Competition selection, The Old Oak, I was the first from ...
