Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne is an English screenwriter and playwright who has written for radio theatre and film Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins before writing Cast Offs in 2009 He has since created the shows Glue The Last Panthers Kiri and The Accident He is also the writer of the television adaptation of Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials He has won five BAFTA awards Best MiniSeries for This is England 88 Best Drama Series for The Fades Best Single Drama for Dont Take My Baby Best Serial for This is England 90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure Thornes feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys War Book A Long Way Down Wonder starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson and The Aeronauts starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne Thorne is also a prolific playwright having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water Hope The End of History and adaptations of Let the Right One In at the Royal Court and Woyzeck starring John Boyega and A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne JK Rowling and John Tiffany which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play