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Lead Agent. +44 (0) 20 7632 5281. maddie@berlinassociates.com. Bio. Toby’s first feature, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s World War II drama WAITING FOR ANYA which he wrote while studying history at the University of Edinburgh, was theatrically released in both the UK and USA.
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Writer. Script and Continuity Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Toby Torlesse is known for Waiting for Anya (2020), My Dad's Christmas Date (2020) and The Infernal Machine (2022). Add photos, demo reels.
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Adapted for the big screen by writer/director Ben Cookson and co-writer Toby Torlesse from the young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, author of “The War Horse”, WAITING FOR ANYA opens the eyes of a new generation to little known history of the quiet heroes of World War II with a story of French villagers who rescued Jewish children and ...
Mini Bio (1) Toby Torlesse is known for Waiting for Anya (2020), My Dad's Christmas Date (2020) and The Infernal Machine (2022).
Feb 7, 2020 · Waiting for Anya, directed by Ben Cookson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Toby Torlesse, is a film that falls within a popular World War II sub-genre that focuses on a local conflict between German occupiers and French non-combatants, typically set away from the civilian centers that suffered crushing horror, destruction, and death.
