Tony Grisoni

Writing

Tony Grisoni

Born 1952-10-28 · London, England, UK

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tony Grisoni (born October 28, 1952) is a British screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Grisoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas poster
7.2

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

How I Live Now poster
6.6

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

How I Live Now

2013

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote poster
6.7

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2018

Death Defying Acts poster
5.9

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

Death Defying Acts

2007

2073 poster
6.7

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.

2073

2024

The Unloved poster
6.8

Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.

The Unloved

2009

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 poster
6.9

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

The Island on Bird Street poster
7.3

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.

The Island on Bird Street

1997

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 poster
6.6

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009

Tideland poster
6.5

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Tideland

2005

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 poster
6.9

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

In This World poster
6.2

Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.

In This World

2003

Brothers of the Head poster
5.5

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.

Brothers of the Head

2006

Brothers of the Head poster
5.5

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.

Brothers of the Head

2006

Double Vision poster
5.1

A beautiful medical student travels to London to investigate the mysterious murder of her identical twin sister. Taking on her sister's identity, she gets closer and closer to the killer who is determined to finish the job once and for all.

Double Vision

1992

Weiser poster
5.5

The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of mystery story of a group of children, fascinated by the figure of a man named David Weiser.

Weiser

2001

No artwork available
6.0

A young Kurdish immigrant tries to assimilate himself into the London neighborhood of Kingsland.

Kingsland #1: The Dreamer

2008

No artwork available
6.0

A young Kurdish immigrant tries to assimilate himself into the London neighborhood of Kingsland.

Kingsland #1: The Dreamer

2008

Dark Water poster
5.0

In order to enjoy a romantic private swim together, Jo and Eddie hide when their local swimming pool is closing for the evening. But unknown to them, a killer is on the loose - and in the building with them.

Dark Water

1980

Dark Water poster
5.0

In order to enjoy a romantic private swim together, Jo and Eddie hide when their local swimming pool is closing for the evening. But unknown to them, a killer is on the loose - and in the building with them.

Dark Water

1980

Queen of Hearts poster
6.5

Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.

Queen of Hearts

1989

No artwork available
9.0

A thriller about a maniac murderer who to the outside world is a celebrity TV presenter. His beautiful assistant, a woman who has fallen off the career ladder, is terrorized by him. A job-hunting animation artist gets caught in the world of glitter and glamour of the TV industry. Drugs and promiscuity are omnipresent. The animation artist falls in love with the assistant and his love is returned; together they uncover the true identity of the killer. Murderous Decisions is a special experiment: an interactive zap-movie, leaving it up to the viewer whether they follow the story from the male or female perspective. The movie is one of a kind, actually being two movies aired simutaneously on separate TV channels and allowing the viewer to switch back and forth at will.

Murderous Decisions

1991

The Pizza Miracle poster
5.0

A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship.

The Pizza Miracle

2010

The Pizza Miracle poster
5.0

A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship.

The Pizza Miracle

2010