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Julian Fellowes,
(also Kitchener-Fellowes, registered at the College of Arms, 1998)
actor, writer, lecturer, producer, was educated at Ampleforth College in
Yorkshire and Magdalene College, Cambridge. On leaving university, he
studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He completed his
training in repertory theatre at Northampton and Harrogate before making his
West End début in ‘A Touch of Spring’ by Sam Taylor at the Comedy Theatre.
In London, he has played the Criterion, the Gielgud, and the Vaudeville as
well as appearing in ‘Futurists’ by Dusty Hughes at the Royal National
Theatre. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the incorrigible
Lord Kilwillie in the popular Sunday night series, ‘Monarch of the Glen.’
Also for the BBC, he was seen as
the 2nd Duke of Richmond in ‘Aristocrats.’ Other credits include
‘Our Friends In The North,’ ‘For The Greater Good,’ ‘Dirty Tricks’ and
‘Sharpe’s Regiment.’ In the cinema, he was in ‘Shadowlands’ with Anthony
Hopkins, ‘Damage’ with Jeremy Irons, ‘Place Vendome’ with Catherine Deneuve
and ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ with Pierce Brosnan. Julian has also lectured in a
variety of settings from Naples, Florida, to Venice, Italy, and, as a writer
for television, he is responsible for the scripts of ‘Little Lord
Fauntleroy’ (winner of an International EMMY, 1995) and ‘The Prince and the
Pauper’ (nominated for a BAFTA, 1997) which he also produced.
His screenplay début for the big
screen was ‘Gosford Park’ which was directed by Robert Altman. It won the
award for Best Screenplay of 2001 from the New York Critics’ Circle and the
National Film Critics. Julian was also named Screenwriter of the Year by
ShoWest, the organisation of American Film Distributors, and he won the
Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as the Oscar in the
same category. In Britain he has been awarded a Medal of Excellence by the
Walpole Group. He has since written a screenplay for Universal Pictures as
well as working on the new version of ‘Vanity Fair’ for Focus Films starring
Reese Witherspoon. He has adapted ‘Piccadilly Jim’ by P. G. Wodehouse which
is currently in post production and he recently completed a script for
Warner Brothers set in nineteenth century New York. He has written the
‘book’ for a new stage musical of ‘Mary Poppins’ for Cameron Mackintosh and
Disney which opens in London in December. He has recently finished directing
his own script for the film, ‘Separate Lives,’ starring Emily Watson, Tom
Wilkinson and Rupert Everett, which will be released in February. He has
also written a novel, ‘Snobs,’ published by Weidenfeld in April 2004.
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