Ronald Harwood, the screenwriter behind The Diving Bell And The Butterfly and The Pianist has given honest insights into the process that goes into making a film as part of the 2011 BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series.
The South African playwright and screenwriter has an award-winning body of work as a playwright, screenwriter and author that spans five decades. In the 60s and 70s his work for television was highly acclaimed, and his breakthrough film project The Dresser (1983) earned him his first BAFTA nomination.
He also collaborated with Roman Polanski on the BAFTA-nominated The Pianist (2002), and again on Oliver Twist (2005). Before enjoying international acclaim once again after adapting Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007). The moving story of a paralyzed man who can only communicate through his left eye gave Harwood his first BAFTA win.
