Name Jack Pulman | Children Liza Pulman | |
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Born 11 July 1925 ( 1925-07-11 ) London, England Died May 29, 1979, London, United Kingdom Books The happy apple, Collision Movies Kidnapped, David Copperfield, War and Peace, Jane Eyre, If All the Women in the World Similar People Barbara Young, Delbert Mann, Arduino Maiuri, Furio Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
Jack Pulman (11 July 1925 – 29 May 1979) was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novels I Claudius and Clavdivs the God by Robert Graves.
Born and raised in London, Pulman was renowned as "adaptor-extraordinary," having written teleplays for such literary works as Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, and War and Peace.
He died of a heart attack in London on 29 May 1979. His last screenplay, Private Schulz, went into production after his death. His widow, Barbara Young, collected a posthumous writers award from The Royal Television Society for his work on the show in 1982.
He also wrote the screenplay for the 1970 film The Executioner.