User:Wandi63/Jack Thorne (writer)

Jack Thorne is a screenwriter and playwright.

Theatre
Jack's plays for stage include When You Cure Me (Bush Theatre, 2005), Fanny and Faggot (Finborough Theatre and tour 2007), Stacy (Arcola Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, 2007), Burying Your Brother In The Pavement (National Theatre Connections Festival 2008) and 2nd May 1997 (Bush Theatre 2009)

Television
Jack has written on the TV shows Skins and Shameless. He co-created Cast-offs (nominated Royal Television Society Best Drama series 2010), and has co-written This Is England 86 with Shane Meadows.

Radio
Jack has written four plays for radio; an adaptation of When You Cure Me (radio 3, 2006), Left At the Angel (radio 4, 2006), an adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (co-written with Alex Bulmer, radio 4, 2009) and People Snogging In Public Places (radio 3, 2009). The latter won him the Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for Best Drama 2010.

Film
Jack's first film The Scouting Book For Boys was released in 2009, it won him Best Newcomer at the London Film Festival 2009.