Person
Paul Laverty
Writing · Born 1957-01-01
Biography
Paul Laverty (born 1957) is an Indian-born Irish and Scottish screenwriter and lawyer best known for his collaborations with Ken Loach. He has won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay and was a nominee for the Best Screenplay award at the BAFTAs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Laverty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
I, Daniel Blake
Screenplay
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Screenplay
The Angels' Share
Screenplay
Bread and Roses
Writer
Looking for Eric
Screenplay
Land and Freedom
Militia member
Sorry We Missed You
Writer
Tickets
Screenplay
The Olive Tree
Screenplay
Sweet Sixteen
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?Self
- 2023The Old OakScreenplay
- 2019Sorry We Missed YouWriter
- 2018YuliWriter
- 2016I, Daniel BlakeScreenplay
- 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachSelf - Screenwriter
- 2016The Olive TreeScreenplay
- 2014Jimmy's HallWriter
- 2012The Angels' ShareScreenplay
- 2011Route IrishWriter
- 2011Even the RainScreenplay
- 2009Looking for EricScreenplay
- 2007It's a Free World...Screenplay
- 2006The Wind That Shakes the BarleyScreenplay
- 2006CargoWriter
- 2006Carry On Ken
- 2005TicketsScreenplay
- 2004Ae Fond Kiss...Screenplay
- 2002Sweet SixteenScreenplay
- 2002September 11Writer
- 2001Ken and RosaHimself
- 2000Bread and RosesWriter
- 1998My Name Is JoeScreenplay
- 1996Carla's SongScreenplay
- 1995Land and FreedomMilitia member
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