Ray Connolly
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Ray Connolly is an English novelist, screenwriter
and journalist
.
He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for the films That’ll Be the Day
and the sequel Stardust
(for which he won a BAFTA screenwriting prize) and for his many interviews with the Beatles. He was due to interview John Lennon on the day the ex-Beatle was murdered, an event he wrote about in the BBC radio play Unimaginable.
Ray Connolly was born and brought up in Lancashire and educated at the London School of Economics
where Mick Jagger
was a fellow student. He read social anthropology
. After training on the Liverpool Daily Post he then interviewed many Sixties and Seventies rock stars for the London Evening Standard
.
He has written numerous newspaper articles for the Daily Mail
, The Sunday Times
, The Times
, The Daily Telegraph
and The Observer
.
In addition to a biography John Lennon 1940-1980 he wrote the introduction to The Beatles Complete songbook. Many of his interviews with the Beatles are collected in his eBook The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive>
His novels include; A Girl Who Came To Stay, Newsdeath, Sunday Morning, Shadows On A Wall, Love Out Of Season (which was adapted for radio as God Bless our Love) and Kill For Love.
He also wrote and directed the feature length documentary entitled James Dean: The First American Teenager, while his television drama series have included Lytton's Diary and Perfect Scoundrels. TV films include Forever Young and Defrosting The Fridge.
He has also written several radio plays and short stories.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
.
He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for the films That’ll Be the Day
That'll Be The Day (film)
That'll Be the Day is a 1973 British film starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, written by Ray Connolly and directed by Claude Whatham. It is set in the late '50s/early '60s and was partially filmed on the Isle of Wight. A sequel, Stardust, was released in 1974.-Plot summary:Jim MacLaine's mother...
and the sequel Stardust
Stardust (1974 film)
Stardust is a 1974 British film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex and Adam Faith. The film is the sequel to the 1973 film That'll Be The Day...
(for which he won a BAFTA screenwriting prize) and for his many interviews with the Beatles. He was due to interview John Lennon on the day the ex-Beatle was murdered, an event he wrote about in the BBC radio play Unimaginable.
Ray Connolly was born and brought up in Lancashire and educated at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
where Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
was a fellow student. He read social anthropology
Social anthropology
Social Anthropology is one of the four or five branches of anthropology that studies how contemporary human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long-term, intensive field studies , the social organization of a particular person: customs,...
. After training on the Liverpool Daily Post he then interviewed many Sixties and Seventies rock stars for the London Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
.
He has written numerous newspaper articles for the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
and The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
.
In addition to a biography John Lennon 1940-1980 he wrote the introduction to The Beatles Complete songbook. Many of his interviews with the Beatles are collected in his eBook The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive>
His novels include; A Girl Who Came To Stay, Newsdeath, Sunday Morning, Shadows On A Wall, Love Out Of Season (which was adapted for radio as God Bless our Love) and Kill For Love.
He also wrote and directed the feature length documentary entitled James Dean: The First American Teenager, while his television drama series have included Lytton's Diary and Perfect Scoundrels. TV films include Forever Young and Defrosting The Fridge.
He has also written several radio plays and short stories.