Profile: Bryan Elsley

16 Jan 08

Bryan Elsley

Bryan Elsley was born in Dalkeith in 1961. He began his writing career as a stand-up alongside Ben Elton, before moving into theatrical and television writing. He held the post of artistic director at the Pocket Theatre, Cumbria for 10 years alongside writing episodes for TV including Casualty and London’s Burning. It was with his adaptation of Iain Banks’s novel The Crow Road for the BBC that Bryan received critical acclaim in 1996 winning two BAFTA awards. Since then Bryan has worked on numerous TV and film projects including the ITV series Rose and Maloney. Most recently he has created and produced Channel 4’s hit series Skins with which he collaborated with his son and writer Jamie Brittain.

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