Edward Canfor-Dumas
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Edward Canfor-Dumas is an award-winning TV scriptwriter and novelist. After winning a scholarship to Latymer Upper School
, Hammersmith
, he read English Literature at New College, Oxford
. Soon after, he started penning scripts for popular television series such as The Bill
and Kavanagh QC
. His first major feature-length programme was Tough Love, a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone
. He then wrote the drama for the highly-acclaimed BBC
drama-documentary Pompeii: The Last Day
, which was nominated for a BAFTA
, and followed this in 2005 with Supervolcano
.
He branched out into novels in the same year, with the successful modern story The Buddha, Geoff and Me http://www.mrsite.co.uk/usersitesv9/thebuddhageoffandme.com/wwwroot/index.htm. The book is based on Buddhist teachings - a practising Buddhist himself, Canfor-Dumas is a member of the lay group Soka Gakkai International
(SGI). He took a lead role in establishing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues http://www.conflictissues.org.uk, which was launched in February 2007, and in 2011 co-founded Engi http://www.engi.org.uk/, a social enterprise which works with businesses, civil society and government to reduce conflict.
He lives with his wife, Coralyn, in Hertfordshire
, near London
, and has two children, Alexander and Emily.
Latymer Upper School
Latymer Upper School, founded by Edward Latymer in 1624, is a selective independent school in Hammersmith, West London, England, lying between King Street and the Thames. It is a day school for 1,130 pupils – boys and girls aged 11–18; there is also the Latymer Preparatory School for boys and girls...
, Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
, he read English Literature at New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
. Soon after, he started penning scripts for popular television series such as The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
and Kavanagh QC
Kavanagh QC
Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It has been shown on ITV3 as recently as August 2011; series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs....
. His first major feature-length programme was Tough Love, a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone
Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone is an English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum and as Will Scarlet in the cult television adventure series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over...
. He then wrote the drama for the highly-acclaimed BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
drama-documentary Pompeii: The Last Day
Pompeii: The Last Day
Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. This eruption covered the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing all those trapped between the volcano and the sea. The documentary portrayed the...
, which was nominated for a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
, and followed this in 2005 with Supervolcano
Supervolcano (docudrama)
Supervolcano is a science docufiction disaster television film that originally aired on 13 March 2005 on BBC One, and released by the BBC on 10 April 2005 on the Discovery Channel. It is centered on the speculated and potential eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park. Its...
.
He branched out into novels in the same year, with the successful modern story The Buddha, Geoff and Me http://www.mrsite.co.uk/usersitesv9/thebuddhageoffandme.com/wwwroot/index.htm. The book is based on Buddhist teachings - a practising Buddhist himself, Canfor-Dumas is a member of the lay group Soka Gakkai International
Soka Gakkai International
is a lay religious movement within Nichiren Buddhism, a branch of Mahayana Buddhism derived from the teachings of the thirteenth-century Japanese monk, Nichiren Daishonin....
(SGI). He took a lead role in establishing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues http://www.conflictissues.org.uk, which was launched in February 2007, and in 2011 co-founded Engi http://www.engi.org.uk/, a social enterprise which works with businesses, civil society and government to reduce conflict.
He lives with his wife, Coralyn, in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, near London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and has two children, Alexander and Emily.