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Despite his assertion that the "film writer is regarded as a technician, like an electrician," Bolt's writing has enjoyed a degree of respect in the movie world usually found only in the theater. He has won three best screenplay Oscars, two for his collaborations with David Lean--"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Dr. Zhivago" (1965)--and one for Fred Zinnemann's "A Man for All Seasons" (1966). The critics took less kindly to his sole directorial effort, "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1972)....
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Filmography

Buddha (Robert Bolt) - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
The Mission - ( Screenplay / 1986 / Released / Nippon Herald Films, Inc )
The Mission - ( From Story / 1986 / Released / Nippon Herald Films, Inc )
The Bounty - ( Screenplay / 1984 / Released / )
Lady Caroline Lamb - ( Director / 1972 / Released / WEG )
Lady Caroline Lamb - ( Screenplay / 1972 / Released / WEG )
Ryan's Daughter - ( Screenplay / 1970 / Released / )
A Man For All Seasons - ( Screenplay / 1966 / Released / Nova Home Video )
A Man For All Seasons - ( Play as Source Material / 1966 / Released / Nova Home Video )
Doctor Zhivago - ( Screenplay / 1965 / Released / )
Lawrence of Arabia - ( Screenplay / 1962 / Released / )

TV Credits
Without Warning: The James Brady Story ( 1991 / Released ): Screenplay
A Man For All Seasons ( 1988 / Released ): Play as Source Material / Screenplay

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Despite his assertion that the "film writer is regarded as a technician, like an electrician," Bolt's writing has enjoyed a degree of respect in the movie world usually found only in the theater. He has won three best screenplay Oscars, two for his collaborations with David Lean--"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Dr. Zhivago" (1965)--and one for Fred Zinnemann's "A Man for All Seasons" (1966). The critics took less kindly to his sole directorial effort, "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1972).

Profession(s):
screenwriter, playwright, director, schoolteacher
Sometimes Credited As:
Robert Oxton Bolt
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Family
son:Thomas Bolt (survived him; mother Sarah Miles)
wife:Ann Zane (married from 1980 to 1985)
wife:Celia Ann Roberts (married in 1949; divorced in 1966)
wife:Sarah Miles (married from 1967 to 1975; remarried from 1988 until his death)

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Education
Exeter College, Oxford University Oxford, England
University of Manchester Manchester, England history 1949
Awards (Back to top)

Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay "The Mission" 1986
British Film Academy Award Best British Screenplay "A Man For All Seasons" 1967
Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay "A Man for All Seasons" 1966
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Screenplay "A Man For All Seasons" 1966
Oscar Best Screenplay "A Man For All Seasons" 1966
Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay "Dr. Zhivago" 1965
Oscar Best Screenplay "Dr. Zhivago" 1965
British Film Academy Award Best British Screenplay "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962
Oscar Best Screenplay "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962
Tony Best Author for Drama "A Man for All Seasons" 1962
Tony Best Play "A Man for All Seasons" 1962
New York Drama Critics Circle Award Best Foreign Play "A Man for All Seasons" 1961 - 1962

Milestones (Back to top)

1986 Final screenplay credit, "The Mission"
1972 Film directing debut (also writer), "Lady Caroline Lamb"
1970 Worked uncredited on the screenplay of Mikhail Kalatozov's "Krasnaja palatka/The Red Tent"
1962 First film as writer, also first collaboration with director David Lean, "Lawrence of Arabia"
1961 Briefly incarcerated, charged with "civil disobedience", for attending a demonstration for nuclear disarmament
1957 First stage success, "Flowering Cherry"
Served with the RAF during WWII

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