Julian Fellowes

Premiere: Screenwriter Julian Fellowes at the New York premiere of Focus Features' Vanity Fair - 8/16/2004 Photo: Kevin Mazur, WireImage.com

Biography

Born 08/17/1949

A child of privilege, British actor Julian Fellowes found overnight success with his first produced screenplay "Gosford Park" (2001). The fourth son of a civil servant (his father worked in the foreign office), he was raised in a world populated by the upper class. His decision to pursue an acting...
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Awards

  • In 2002, received Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  • In 2002, received ShoWest Screenwriter of the Year
  • In 2001, received New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2005, Made directorial debut with "Separate Lies" a drama starring Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson
  • In 2004, Penned the screenplay adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair"; directed by Mira Nair
  • In 2001, Feature screenwriting debut, "Gosford Park"; also served as an associate producer; received Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Family & Companions

  • Emma Kitchener: wife (is lady-in-waiting to Princess Michael of Kent)
  • father: worked in the Foreign Office; forced to sell family's estate Knckespoch Aberdeenshir in the 1980s

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