[TONY GRISONI] Discussion with Tony Grisoni, screenwriter of T. Gilliam, P. Sorrentino, M. Winterbottom…

Tony Grisoni (UK & Italy) : Interview of the screenwriter-witness of StoryTANK Saison 3.

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Guillaume Desjardins. Writer-director | Les Parasites

Tony Grisoni worked in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. QUEEN OF HEARTS (1989) was his award winning first feature directed by Jon Amiel.

He has worked closely with a number of directors including Michael Winterbottom (IN THIS WORLD – 2002, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear), John Boorman, Sean Durkin (SOUTHCLIFFE – 2013) and Marc Munden and has co-written with Terry Gilliam (FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS – 1998, TIDELAND – 2005 and THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE – 2018.) RED RIDING (2009) was a TV trilogy adapted from the David Peace Yorkshire Noir novels. Directed by Julian Jarrold, James Marsh and Anand Tucker. THE UNLOVED (2009) was Samantha Morton’s directorial debut which won BAFTA – Best TV Single Drama. Tony is also writer and executive producer on a number of projects including THE YOUNG POPE (2016) by Paolo Sorrentino starring Jude Law, and THE CITY & THE CITY (2018), a 4-part BBC 2 drama based on the novel by China Mieville.