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Robert Oxton Bolt CBE (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar -winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) was a British playwright and screenwriter who won two Oscars for his adaptations of historical dramas. He wrote Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Doctor Zhivago and The Mission, among others.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Robert Bolt was an English screenwriter and dramatist noted for his epic screenplays. Bolt began work in 1941 for an insurance company, attended Victoria University of Manchester in 1943, and then served in the Royal Air Force and the army during World War II.
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Robert Bolt was a British playwright and screenwriter who wrote acclaimed works such as A Man for All Seasons and Lawrence of Arabia. He had a varied and eventful life, from teaching to serving in the RAF to overcoming a stroke and resuming his career.
- August 15, 1924
- February 20, 1995
Feb 23, 1995 · Robert Bolt, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright whose works included the films "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago" and the play and film "A Man for All Seasons," died on ...
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Jun 7, 2015 · Robert Bolt died an agnostic, but as one of the most consummate screenwriters of his generation, he has left us two the fine Catholic films. A classic film deals with timeless themes and A Man for All Seasons and The Mission have become classics because they make real the perennial clash between this world and the next, between faith and utilitarianism, between the sacred and the secular.
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