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Ed Whitmore is a British screenwriter. He has written for a number of successful British TV series such as Waking the Dead and Silent Witness. Whitmore is an alumnus of Westfield College.^[1]

Career

In 2003 he wrote the Waking The Dead episode "Multistorey", which won the show an Emmy for Best International Drama Series. He adapted the book Hallam Foe into a successful film, for which he was subsequently nominated at the Moët et Chandon British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay,^[2] as well as the BAFTA-winning Sea of Souls, for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. He created and wrote ITV drama Identity, which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the ABC Network in America.

He later wrote episodes of CSI and Strike Back, as well as the miniseries Arthur & George and Rillington Place.^[3] He wrote and created the ITV drama Manhunt first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights and ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on Manhunt earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay.

References

^ "Interview with ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone".
^ "2007 Nominations, BIFA". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Ed Whitmore | United Agents".

External links

Ed Whitmore at IMDb

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[1] "Interview with ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone".

[2] "2007 Nominations, BIFA". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

[3] "Ed Whitmore | United Agents".

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 ==Career==
-In 2003 he wrote the ''Waking The Dead'' episode "Multistorey", directed by [[Robert Bierman]], which won the show an [[List of International Emmy Award winners|Emmy]] for Best International Drama Series.  He adapted the book ''[[Hallam Foe (novel)|Hallam Foe]]'' into a [[Hallam Foe|successful film]], for which he was subsequently nominated at the [[Moët et Chandon]] [[British Independent Film Awards]] (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |title=2007 Nominations, BIFA. |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185103/http://www.bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> losing to [[Patrick Marber]]'s ''[[Notes on a Scandal (film)|Notes on a Scandal]]'', as well as the [[BAFTA]]-winning ''[[Sea of Souls]]'', for which he won the [[Edgar Award|Edgar Allan Poe Award]] for [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners|Best Episode in a TV Series]]. He created and wrote [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama [[Identity (TV series)|''Identity'']], which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Network]] in America.
+In 2003 he wrote the ''Waking The Dead'' episode "Multistorey", which won the show an [[List of International Emmy Award winners|Emmy]] for Best International Drama Series.  He adapted the book ''[[Hallam Foe (novel)|Hallam Foe]]'' into a [[Hallam Foe|successful film]], for which he was subsequently nominated at the [[Moët et Chandon]] [[British Independent Film Awards]] (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |title=2007 Nominations, BIFA. |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185103/http://www.bifa.org.uk/nominations/2007 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the [[BAFTA]]-winning ''[[Sea of Souls]]'', for which he won the [[Edgar Award|Edgar Allan Poe Award]] for [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners|Best Episode in a TV Series]]. He created and wrote [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama [[Identity (TV series)|''Identity'']], which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Network]] in America.
-He later wrote episodes of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' and ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'', as well as the miniseries ''[[Arthur & George]]'' and ''[[Rillington Place]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/ed-whitmore|title = Ed Whitmore &#124; United Agents}}</ref> He wrote and created the ITV drama Manhunt first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights. Consolidated figures show an average of 8.7 million viewers across the three episodes, rising further to 9 million viewers when online viewing is included. This made the series ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on Manhunt earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay.
+He later wrote episodes of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' and ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'', as well as the miniseries ''[[Arthur & George]]'' and ''[[Rillington Place]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/ed-whitmore|title = Ed Whitmore &#124; United Agents}}</ref> He wrote and created the ITV drama ''Manhunt'' first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights and ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on ''Manhunt'' earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay.
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