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{{Short description|Northern Irish screenwriter, playwright, and author}}
'''Ron Hutchinson''' (born near [[Lisburn]], [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]) is an [[Emmy Award]] winning screenwriter and an [[Olivier Award]] nominated playwright, known for writing [[John Frankenheimer]]'s ''Against the Wall'', [[Robert M. Young (film director)|Robert M. Young]]'s ''[[Slave of Dreams]]'', [[John Frankenheimer]]'s ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'', ''Moonlight and Magnolias'' (play), and the 2004 miniseries ''[[Traffic (TV miniseries)|Traffic]].''
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ron Hutchinson
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|11|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lisburn]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| occupation = {{Plainlist|
* [[Screenwriter]]
* [[Playwright]]
* [[Author]]
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| years_active = 1977–present
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'''Ron Hutchinson''' (born 8 November 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095951994|title=Ron Hutchinson (b. 1946)|website=[[Oxford University Press|Oxford Reference]]|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> is a Northern Irish screenwriter, playwright, and author. He is a four-time [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nominee, winning once for writing the screenplay for the television film ''[[Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/ron-hutchinson|title=Ron Hutchinson - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins|website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Television Academy]]|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
''Moonlight & Magnolias'' at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. ''The Irish Play'' was performed in a [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production at the Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Ron Cook, [[Brenda Fricker]], and P.G. Stephens in the cast. Barry Kyle was director.


==Career==
Brought up and educated in [[Coventry]], Hutchinson has written stage and radio plays as well as his screenwriting.<ref>Paul Lawley, 'HUTCHINSON, Ron', in K. A. Berney, ed., ''Contemporary British Dramatists'', 1994</ref>
Among his other productions were ''[[Slave of Dreams]]'' (directed by [[Robert M. Young (film director)|Robert M. Young]]), the play ''Moonlight and Magnolias'', and the 2004 miniseries ''[[Traffic (TV miniseries)|Traffic]]''.


He has written extensively for theatre. In 2004, Hutchinson wrote ''Moonlight and Magnolias''. The play at the [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2004 [[Jeff Award|Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work]]. ''The Irish Play'' was performed in a [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production at the Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Ron Cook, [[Brenda Fricker]], and P.G. Stephens in the cast. [[Barry Kyle]] was the director. Writing in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in 2005, David Rooney found the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]'s production of ''Moonlight and Magnolias'' to be a "flimsy comedy", but that "despite its superficial exploration of anti-Semitism in 1939 Hollywood, the play is not without its pleasures".<ref name="Variety 2005">{{cite news |last= Rooney |first= David|title= Moonlight & Magnolias |url= https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/moonlight-magnolias-1200526870/ | date= 29 March 2005| work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| location= Los Angeles| access-date=10 April 2019 }}</ref> Reviewing the [[Kiln Theatre|Tricycle Theatre]]'s production of the play for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' two years later, [[Charles Spencer (journalist)|Charles Spencer]] called it a "delightful screwball comedy that is also a valentine to the golden days of Hollywood. A prolific screenwriter himself, who knows what it is to be holed up in a hotel room at two in the morning with a script to a doctor for the following day's shoot, Hutchinson has come up with a comedy of panache that's certainly worth giving a damn about."<ref name="Telegraph 2007">{{cite news |last= Spencer |first= Charles| author-link= Charles Spencer (journalist)| title= Moonlight and Magnolias: Comedy captures the birth of a movie classic| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3668405/Moonlight-and-Magnolias-Comedy-captures-the-birth-of-a-movie-classic.html | date= 8 October 2007|newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London| access-date= 10 April 2019 }}</ref>
He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his second wife and adopted daughter.


In April 2019, [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast Hutchinson's ''Ship of Lies'', a five-part drama based on some of the [[Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic|legends and myths regarding RMS ''Titanic'']].<ref name="Ship of Lies">{{cite episode| title= Ship of Lies | series= 15 Minute Drama | series-link= 15 Minute Drama | credits= Writer: Ron Hutchinson; Director: Eoin O'Callaghan | network= BBC| station= [[BBC Radio 4]]| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00040lh | airdate= 8 April 2019| access-date= 9 April 2019 }}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
* [[1991 in film|1991]] ''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]''
* [[1991 in film|1991]] ''[[Prisoner of Honor]]''
* [[1992 in film|1992]] ''[[Blue Ice (film)|Blue Ice]]''
* [[1994 in film|1994]] ''[[The Burning Season (1994 film)|The Burning Season]]''
* [[1994 in film|1994]] ''[[Against the Wall (1994 film)|Against The Wall]]''
* [[1995 in film|1995]] ''[[Slave of Dreams]]''
* [[1996 in film|1996]] ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]''
* [[2004 in television|2004]] ''[[Traffic (TV miniseries)|Traffic]]''
* [[2006 in television|2006]] ''[[The Ten Commandments (2006)|The Ten Commandments]]''


==Personal life==
==Plays by Ron Hutchinson<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hutchinson-ron.html]</ref>==
Hutchinson was brought up and educated in [[Coventry]].<ref>Paul Lawley, 'HUTCHINSON, Ron', in K. A. Berney, ed., ''Contemporary British Dramatists'', 1994</ref> He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his second wife and adopted daughter.
* Says I, Says He (1977)
* Eejits (1978)
* The Irish Play (1980)
* Risky City (1981)
* Into Europe (1981)
* The Dillen (1983)
* Rat In The Skull (1984)
* Mary, After The Queen (1985)
* Flight (1988)
* Pygmies In The Ruins (1991)
* Burning Issues 2000)
* Lags (2001)
* Beau Brummell (2001)
* Head/Case (2004)
* Moonlight and Magnolias (2004)
* Topless Mum In Dead Hero Shocker!! (2007)
* Durand's Line (2009)
* Paisley & me (2012)
* Dead On Her Feet (2012)


==TV series==
==Filmography==
{{col-begin}}
*(1987)The Marksman (TV mini-series)
{{col-break}}
*(1986) Unnatural Causes (TV series)
*''[[Second City Firsts]]''
– Window, Sir? (1986) (writer)
** Twelve Off the Belt (1977) (writer)
*''[[Play for Today]]''
*(1985) Connie (TV series)
** The Last Window Cleaner (1979) (writer)
*(1984) Bird of Prey 2 (TV series)
– Trapdoor and Spook (1984) (writer)
** The Out of Town Boys (1979) (writer)
*''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
– Ducks in a Row (1984) (writer)
– A State-of-the-Art Way to Die (1984) (writer)
** The Winkler (1979) (writer)
*''Premiere''
– Death and Taxes (1984) (writer)
** Deasey (1979) (writer)
*''Bull Week''
*(1982) Bird of Prey (TV series)
– Printout Urgent (1982) (writer)
** Saturday (1980) (writer)
– Process Priority (1982) (writer)
** Friday (1980) (writer)
– Mode Murder (1982) (writer)
** Thursday (1980) (writer)
– Input Classified (1982) (writer)
** Wednesday (1980) (writer)
** Tuesday (1980) (writer)
*''Bird of Prey''
*(1980) Bull Week (TV mini-series)
– Saturday (1980) (writer)
** Printout Urgent (1982) (writer)
– Friday (1980) (writer)
** Process Priority (1982) (writer)
– Thursday (1980) (writer)
** Mode Murder (1982) (writer)
– Wednesday (1980) (writer)
** Input Classified (1982) (writer)
* ''Bird of Prey 2''
– Tuesday (1980) (writer)
** Trapdoor and Spook (1984) (writer)
** Ducks in a Row (1984) (writer)
*(1979) Premiere (TV series)
– Deasey (1979) (writer)
** A State-of-the-Art Way to Die (1984) (writer)
** Death and Taxes (1984) (writer)
{{col-break}}
*(1979) ITV Playhouse (TV series)
*''[[Connie (TV series)|Connie]]'' (TV series) (1985)
– The Winkler (1979) (writer)
*''Window, Sir?'' (1986) (writer)
*(1979) [[Play for Today]] (TV series)
*''Unnatural Causes'' (TV series) (1986)
– The Last Window Cleaner (1979) (writer)
*''The Marksman'' (TV mini-series) (1987)
*''Rat in the Skull'' (TV movie) (1987) (based upon his play)
– The Out of Town Boys (1979) (writer)
*''Dead Man Out'' (TV movie) (teleplay) (1989)
*''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' (TV movie) (written by) (1989)
*(1977) Second City Firsts (TV series)
*''Perfect Witness'' (TV movie) (written by) (1989)
– Twelve Off the Belt (1977) (writer)
*''[[Red King, White Knight]]'' (written by) (1989)
*''[[Prisoner of Honor]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]])
*''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]'' (story / teleplay) (1991)
*''[[Blue Ice (film)|Blue Ice]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]])
*''[[The Burning Season (1994 film)|The Burning Season]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]])
*''[[Against the Wall (1994 film)|Against The Wall]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]])
* ''[[Fatherland (TV movie)|Fatherland]]'' (teleplay) (1994)
*''[[Slave of Dreams]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]])
*''[[The Tuskegee Airmen]]'' (teleplay) (1995)
*''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]])
*''[[Traffic (TV miniseries)|Traffic]]'' ([[2004 in television|2004]]) (also Executive producer)
*''[[The Ten Commandments (2006)|The Ten Commandments]]'' ([[2006 in television|2006]])
*''[[Marco Polo (2007 film)|Marco Polo]]'' (written by) (2007)
*''[[The Devil's Teardrop]]'' (adaptation) (2010) (also Executive producer)
{{col-end}}


==TV movie==
==Plays==
* ''Says I, Says He'' (1977)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hutchinson-ron.html |title=Ron Hutchinson - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays |access-date=2010-03-07 |archive-date=2009-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112164926/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hutchinson-ron.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*(2010) The Devil's Teardrop (TV movie) (adaptation)
* ''Eejits'' (1978)
*(2007) Marco Polo (TV movie) (written by)
* ''The Irish Play'' (1980)
*(2006) The Ten Commandments (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Risky City'' (1981)
*(1995) Slave of Dreams (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Into Europe'' (1981)
*(1995) [[The Tuskegee Airmen]] (TV movie) (teleplay)
* ''The Dillen'' (1983)
*(1994) Fatherland (TV movie) (teleplay)
* ''Rat In The Skull'' (1984)
*(1994) [[The Burning Season (1994 film)|The Burning Season]] (TV movie) (teleplay)
* ''[[Mary Hewins|Mary, After The Queen]]'' (1985)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/71619 |pages=ref:odnb/71619 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |place=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/71619 |access-date=2023-01-12 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}</ref>
*(1994) Against the Wall (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Flight'' (1988)
*(1991) Prisoner of Honor (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Pygmies In The Ruins'' (1991)
*(1991) [[The Josephine Baker Story]] (TV movie) (story / teleplay)
* ''Burning Issues'' 2000)
*(1989) Red King, White Knight (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Lags'' (2001)
*(1989) Perfect Witness (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Beau Brummell'' (2001)
*(1989) Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV movie) (written by)
* ''Head/Case'' (2004)
*(1989) Dead Man Out (TV movie) (teleplay)
* ''Moonlight and Magnolias'' (2004)

* ''Topless Mum In Dead Hero Shocker!!'' (2007)
==Produced==
* ''Durand's Line'' (2009)
*The Devil's Teardrop (2010) (TV movie) (Executive producer)
* ''Paisley & Me'' (2012)
*[[Traffic (2004 miniseries)|Traffic]] (TV mini-series) (Executive producer)
* ''Dead On Her Feet'' (2012)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190326201902/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f49c81a Ron Hutchinson] at the [[British Film Institute]]
*{{IMDb name|id=0404396|name=Ron Hutchinson}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0404396|name=Ron Hutchinson}}


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Latest revision as of 04:00, 21 December 2023

Ron Hutchinson
Born (1946-11-08) 8 November 1946 (age 78)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Occupations
Years active1977–present

Ron Hutchinson (born 8 November 1946)[1] is a Northern Irish screenwriter, playwright, and author. He is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once for writing the screenplay for the television film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989).[2]

Career

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Among his other productions were Slave of Dreams (directed by Robert M. Young), the play Moonlight and Magnolias, and the 2004 miniseries Traffic.

He has written extensively for theatre. In 2004, Hutchinson wrote Moonlight and Magnolias. The play at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. The Irish Play was performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Ron Cook, Brenda Fricker, and P.G. Stephens in the cast. Barry Kyle was the director. Writing in Variety in 2005, David Rooney found the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Moonlight and Magnolias to be a "flimsy comedy", but that "despite its superficial exploration of anti-Semitism in 1939 Hollywood, the play is not without its pleasures".[3] Reviewing the Tricycle Theatre's production of the play for The Daily Telegraph two years later, Charles Spencer called it a "delightful screwball comedy that is also a valentine to the golden days of Hollywood. A prolific screenwriter himself, who knows what it is to be holed up in a hotel room at two in the morning with a script to a doctor for the following day's shoot, Hutchinson has come up with a comedy of panache that's certainly worth giving a damn about."[4]

In April 2019, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Hutchinson's Ship of Lies, a five-part drama based on some of the legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic.[5]

Personal life

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Hutchinson was brought up and educated in Coventry.[6] He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his second wife and adopted daughter.

Filmography

[edit]

Plays

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  • Says I, Says He (1977)[7]
  • Eejits (1978)
  • The Irish Play (1980)
  • Risky City (1981)
  • Into Europe (1981)
  • The Dillen (1983)
  • Rat In The Skull (1984)
  • Mary, After The Queen (1985)[8]
  • Flight (1988)
  • Pygmies In The Ruins (1991)
  • Burning Issues 2000)
  • Lags (2001)
  • Beau Brummell (2001)
  • Head/Case (2004)
  • Moonlight and Magnolias (2004)
  • Topless Mum In Dead Hero Shocker!! (2007)
  • Durand's Line (2009)
  • Paisley & Me (2012)
  • Dead On Her Feet (2012)

References

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  1. ^ "Ron Hutchinson (b. 1946)". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ron Hutchinson - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Television Academy. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ Rooney, David (29 March 2005). "Moonlight & Magnolias". Variety. Los Angeles. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ Spencer, Charles (8 October 2007). "Moonlight and Magnolias: Comedy captures the birth of a movie classic". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ Writer: Ron Hutchinson; Director: Eoin O'Callaghan (8 April 2019). "Ship of Lies". 15 Minute Drama. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ Paul Lawley, 'HUTCHINSON, Ron', in K. A. Berney, ed., Contemporary British Dramatists, 1994
  7. ^ "Ron Hutchinson - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays". Archived from the original on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  8. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/71619. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71619. Retrieved 12 January 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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