Name Neil Purvis | Role Screenwriter | |
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Nominations BAFTA Award for Best British Film, Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, Saturn Award for Best Writing Movies Spectre, Skyfall, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, The World Is Not Enough Similar People John Logan, Michael G Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Sam Mendes, Rory Kinnear |
Neil Alexander Purvis (31 January 1953 – 26 October 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and wing, Purvis represented Wairarapa Bush and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1976. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including one international.
Purvis was also a noted breeder and owner of thoroughbred racehorses, his horse Cluden Creek winning the 2004 Wellington Cup. He farmed Cluden Station near Tarras in Central Otago, and died there in 2008 while attempting to rescue cattle from a bog.
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