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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).
When John Briley, who has died aged 94 of a blood disorder, was first approached by Richard Attenborough with the idea of turning the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi into a film, the...
John Briley was born on June 25, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gandhi (1982), Molokai (1999) and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992).
- June 25, 1925
- December 14, 2019
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Famous Works. Credits; Film Work. Associate producer, Pope Joan (also known as The Devil's Impostor), Columbia, 1972. (With Richard Attenborough and Norman Spencer) Producer, Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987. Credits; Film Appearances. Sergeant, Situation Hopeless--But Not Serious, Paramount, 1965.
John Briley was born on 25 June 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gandhi (1982), Molokai (1999) and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992).
- Writer, Producer, Actor
- June 25, 1925
- John Briley
- December 14, 2019
John Briley is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Co-Producer, Adaptation, Associate Producer, and Producer. Some of his work includes Gandhi, Cry Freedom, The Medusa Touch, Children of the Damned, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, Enigma, Tai-Pan, and Eagle's Wing.
Showing 16 distinct works. sort by. * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . John Briley has 16 books on Goodreads with 3304 ratings. John Briley’s most popular book is Cry, Freedom: A Story of Friendship.
