
Writing
David Storey
Born — Died
1933-07-13 — 2017-03-27
Place of birth
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
6 titles
English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player.
Known for
8.0Award winning director Lindsay Anderson subverts the mockumentary genre and presents to the audience a detailed and humored account of what truly means to be Lindsay Anderson.
Is That All There Is?
1992
NRThe adaptation of a play and a story of an ordinary family. The father is an alcoholic and a tyrant; the three daughters are long past the marriage age; the son is a poet and a wanderer; and the mother trying to bring them all together. The son's decision to marry and change his ways will shake the little peace left in the house.
The Farm
1975
7.0In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
This Sporting Life
1963
7.8David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
Home
1972
The final days in the life of a has-been English politician, as remembered by the people nearest to him.
Early Days
1981
5.2In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.
In Celebration
1975
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRThe adaptation of a play and a story of an ordinary family. The father is an alcoholic and a tyrant; the three daughters are long past the marriage age; the son is a poet and a wanderer; and the mother trying to bring them all together. The son's decision to marry and change his ways will shake the little peace left in the house.
The Farm
1975
7.0In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
This Sporting Life
1963
7.8David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
Home
1972
The final days in the life of a has-been English politician, as remembered by the people nearest to him.
Early Days
1981
5.2In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.
In Celebration
1975
