Joe Penhall (born 1967) is an award-winning British playwright and screenwriter from London. Probably best known for his multi award winning play Blue/Orange and his screenplays for The Road and Enduring Love.
Born in Britain, Penhall was raised in Australia.
Penhall's first major play Some Voices premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1994. It was very well received and won the John Whiting Award and has since been played on Broadway ...
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Joe Penhall (born 1967) is an award-winning British playwright and screenwriter from London. Probably best known for his multi award winning play Blue/Orange and his screenplays for The Road and Enduring Love.
Born in Britain, Penhall was raised in Australia.
Penhall's first major play Some Voices premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1994. It was very well received and won the John Whiting Award and has since been played on Broadway twice. In 2000 he adapted the play for film directed by Simon Cellan Jones which starred Daniel Craig and Kelly Macdonald premiering at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Penhall adapted Ian McEwan's novel Enduring Love in 2004 to film starring Rhys Ifans and Daniel Craig. That same year he also wrote the screenplay for BBC2's BAFTA nominated dramatisation of Jake Arnott's novel The Long Firm starring Mark Strong.
In 2000 his play Blue/Orange began its run at the National Theatre directed by Roger Michell starring Bill Nighy, Andrew Lincoln and...
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