Nigel Williams

Writing

Nigel Williams

Born 1948-01-20 · Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK

Nigel Williams was born on January 20, 1948 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England as Henry Nigel Williams. He is a writer and producer, known for Sea Wolf (2009), Moby Dick (2011) and Dirty Tricks (2000). He has been married to Suzan Harrison since June 2, 1972. They have three children.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Talkin' Blues poster
NR

John and Helen have moved into a house in Brixton, sourh London. John then gets to know a couple of his neighbours, his next door neighbour, who is black, and a white neighbour and his young leather-clad son.

Talkin' Blues

1977

The Roof poster
6.3

A brief comedy about a visit from a legendary theatre maker and his legion of fans.

The Roof

2016

The First Kangaroos poster
7.0

The story of the Australian Rugby League's first visit to England.

The First Kangaroos

1988

The Last Romantics poster
NR

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.

The Last Romantics

1992

No artwork available
NR

A British comedy/drama. Directed by Christopher Morahan, this script focuses on the biting, humorous workplace banter between actors Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas Le Prevost

HR

2007

Dirty Tricks poster
5.5

Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.

Dirty Tricks

2000

Bertie and Elizabeth poster
6.7

The life of England’s George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his brother, and his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth.

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002

Skallagrigg poster
4.0

Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to the authorities and help them. This charming story is how a group of disabled people went to chase that legend. To assist them John is forced to come to terms with his daughter and her friends.

Skallagrigg

1994

No artwork available
NR

Bob believes he has won a fortune on the lottery but has misplaced his ticket. He tries to keep his supposed good fortune a secret from his family and friends.

It Might Be You

1995

Wodehouse In Exile poster
7.2

An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, became an exile from his own country and never set foot on English soil again.

Wodehouse In Exile

2013

Footprints in the Snow poster
4.0

Paralysed from the waist down after a car crash, Julie Hill struggles to get used to her disability and to save her marriage. It looks as if her husband will leave her. Then doctors try a revolutionary treatment which feeds electrical impulses to her leg muscles - allowing her to ride a bicycle once again and so go out for bike rides with her family. Her marriage survives and she and her husband end up closer together than before.

Footprints in the Snow

2005

In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi poster
NR

Using a trove of archive photographs and film, Kureishi reflects on his father’s experiences as an immigrant in the post-war years, his own youth and entry into the world of theatre, the tumult around the publication of The Satanic Verses and its continued reverberations, and how he has transformed the life around him into a work of art.

In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi

2024

Kremlin Farewell poster
8.0

A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'. He retains disturbing memories of the disappearance of his real father and, when a strange message is delivered to him, he's determined to find out the truth.

Kremlin Farewell

1990

Centenary: The BP Story poster
NR

BP's centenary celebration film. The film includes archive footage, dramatic reconstruction and interviews with BP employees.

Centenary: The BP Story

2009

Centenary: The BP Story poster
NR

BP's centenary celebration film. The film includes archive footage, dramatic reconstruction and interviews with BP employees.

Centenary: The BP Story

2009

A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton poster
NR

Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.

A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton

1982

Baby Talk poster
7.0

It's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and husband Paul are preoccupied with their careers. Can their young neighbour Tessa help, or are the emotions around a new baby more complex than anyone had expected?

Baby Talk

1981

Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen

1995

Dance with a Serial Killer poster
NR

In 1989, a woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight on a beach in Brittany. The detective assigned to the case was a young homicide cop, Jean Francois Abgrall. He became convinced that the murderer was a weird drifter called Francis Heaulmes who, despite an alibi, kept dropping mysterious hints. Abgrall recounts how he trailed Heaulmes through France to bring him to justice.

Dance with a Serial Killer

2008

Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle poster
NR

Born in 1914, Dylan Thomas was an unruly and undisciplined child who was interested only in English at school and was determined from childhood to become a poet. Little did he know that he would eventually become world-renowned. The film unravels the myth by tracing the poet's biography backwards, from his much written about, much lied about death, to the heart of the Dylan Thomas story and his beginnings in a quiet street in suburban Swansea.

Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

2003