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Richard John Briley (June 25, 1925 – December 14, 2019) was an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films. He won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Gandhi (1982).
John Briley (1925-2019) was an Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer, known for Gandhi, Molokai and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. He also wrote and acted in some films, such as The Warriors of the Rainbow and Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious.
Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid -era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods.
John Briley was a writer and producer who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Gandhi (1982). He also worked on Molokai (1999) and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992).
Jan 1, 2001 · John Briley. 3.91. 1,122 ratings76 reviews. Sir Richard Attenborough's magnificent film Cry Freedom - based on the true story of the friendship between Steve Biko and Donald Woods - has won immense critical acclaim. Genres Nonfiction South Africa History Africa Historical 20th Century Biography. ...more. 272 pages, Hardcover.
John Richard Briley (June 25, 1925 – December 14, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He was best known for screenplays of biographical movies. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 1982 Oscars for Gandhi. He died on December 14, 2019, aged 94.
John Briley Biography (1925-) Full name, John Richard Briley; born June 25, 1925, in Kalamazoo, MI; son ofWilliam Treve (in sales) and Mary Stella (in sales; maiden name, Daly) Briley; married Dorothy Louise Reichart, August 23, 1950; children: Dennis Patrick,Paul Christian, Mary Sydney, Shaun William.
