| LC control no. | n 90672846 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6068.I292 |
| Personal name heading | Ridley, Philip |
| Birth date | 1964-12-29 |
| Place of birth | East End (London, England) |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Artists Motion picture producers and directors Dramatists Poets Photographers |
| Found in | His Dakota of the White Flats, 1991: CIP t.p. (Philip Ridley) galley (English novelist) IMDb, Oct. 27, 2009 (Philip Ridley; b. Dec. 29, 1964, London, England) Karagula, 2016: title page (Philip Ridley) Wikipedia, via WWW, February 1, 2017 (Philip Ridley; Philip Ridley (born 29 December 1964 in East London) is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media; in the visual arts he has been cited as a contemporary to the "Young British Artists," and has exhibited his work internationally; as a novelist he has created fiction for both children and adults, and has had particular success and recognition as a children's author; in the world of cinema he is perhaps best known for his award winning screenplay for the 1990 film The Krays, a biopic about the Kray twins which was directed by Peter Medak; as a film-maker in his own right he is recognised for creating a loose trilogy of horror films--The Reflecting Skin, The Passion of Darkly Noon and Heartless--for which he has acquired a cult following; as a playwright he has been cited as a pioneer of "In-yer-face theatre," with his debut play The Pitchfork Disney considered to be a seminal work in the development of the style, and has also been dubbed "the key play" of the 1990s; he is also known as the creator of an ongoing series of plays for young people (The Storyteller Sequence) and has written theatrical works for children and family audiences; as a songwriter he has created songs for his cinematic and theatrical works, frequently collaborating with composer Nick Bicat; Ridley is also a poet, photographer, and performance artist and has written drama for radio) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ridley;> |
| Associated language | eng |
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