Neil Cross
{{short description|British novelist and scriptwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name = Neil Claude Gadd
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| birth_place = Bristol, England
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| occupation = Novelist, crime writer and television scriptwriter
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| alma_mater = University of Leeds
| notableworks = Luther
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Hard Sun
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Neil Claude Cross (né Gadd; born 9 February 1969) is a British novelist and scriptwriter, best known as the creator of the drama series Luther and Hard Sun. He is also the showrunner for the TV adaptation of The Mosquito Coast, which began airing in 2021.
Life and career
Neil Claude Gadd was born in Bristol on 9 February 1969, to unhappily married parents, Alan and Edna ({{nee}} Noyes) Gadd. He was the youngest of their four children.{{cite web | url=http://www.neil-cross.com/bio/ | title=Biography, crime novelist and script writer Neil Cross | publisher=Neil Cross | accessdate=25 December 2014}} His mother ran away when he was five, returned two years later and took him to Edinburgh with Derek Cross, a White South African who was to become his stepfather and whose surname he would adopt.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/07/neil-cross-luther-calling-interview Biodata], theguardian.com. Accessed 13 August 2022.
Neil Cross graduated from the University of Leeds in 1994 with a degree in English and Theology, and received his master's degree in English in the year following.{{Cite web|title=Leeds Alumni Online – University of Leeds|url=https://alumni.leeds.ac.uk/prominent_production_screenwriting|access-date=2020-10-25|website=alumni.leeds.ac.uk}} His initial career was solely as a novelist, beginning with Mr In-Between, which was published in 1998 (and adapted into a film in 2001).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
His novel, Always the Sun, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize,{{Cite web|title=The Man Booker Prize 2004 {{!}} The Booker Prizes|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/fiction/2004|access-date=2020-10-25|website=thebookerprizes.com}} Burial and Captured; and has written a memoir Heartland, which was short-listed for the PEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography of excellence. His most recent novel, Luther: The Calling, was published in 2011. In 2019 it was announced he was adapting Burial into what became the ITV series The Sister.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/years-years-russell-tovey-to-star-in-itv-drama-because-the-night-from-luther-creator-neil-cross-1202758990/|title='Years & Years' Russell Tovey To Star in ITV Drama 'Because The Night' From 'Luther' Creator Neil Cross|last=White|first=Peter|date=14 October 2019|website=Deadline|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014101711/https://deadline.com/2019/10/years-years-russell-tovey-to-star-in-itv-drama-because-the-night-from-luther-creator-neil-cross-1202758990/|archive-date=14 October 2019|access-date=31 December 2019}}
In 2011, Cross was included in Variety magazine's list of "10 Screenwriters to Watch".{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118046661/|title=10 Screenwriters to Watch|work=Variety|year=2011}}
Filmography
=Television=
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| Spooks
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| The Fixer
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|ITV |
| Luther
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|BBC One |
| Whistle and I'll Come to You
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| Doctor Who
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|BBC One |
| Crossbones
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| NBC |
| Hard Sun
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| BBC One |
| The Sister
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|ITV |
| The Mosquito Coast
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| Iris
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=Film=
Bibliography
- Mr In-Between (1998), initially to be entitled Adrenochrome
- Christendom (1999)
- Holloway Falls (2003)
- Always the Sun (2004)
- Heartland (a memoir) (2006)
- Natural History (2007)
- Burial (2009)
- Captured (2010)
- Luther: The Calling (2011)
Awards and nominations
=''Luther'' Series 1=
- Winner, Luther, Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Teleplay in 2010 (Episode 1).
- Nominee, Luther, Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Teleplay in 2010 (Episode 4).
- Nominee, Luther, NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
=''Luther'' Series 2=
- Nominee, Neil Cross, Primetime Emmy Award 2012, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- Nominee, Luther, Primetime Emmy Award 2012, Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
- Winner, Luther, Creative Diversity Network, Radio Times Drama award 2011
- Winner, Luther, Royal Television Society, Best Drama Series 2011
- Nominee, Luther, Broadcast Television Journalists Association Critics' Choice Television Awards 2012, Best Movie/Miniseries
=''Luther'' Series 3=
- Nominee, Neil Cross, Primetime Emmy Award 2014, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- Nominee, Luther, Primetime Emmy Award 2013, Outstanding Miniseries
=Books=
- Winner, Luther: The Calling, Ngaio Marsh Award, 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.booksellers.co.nz/book-news/tv-show-inspired-tale-scoops-2012-ngaio-marsh-award-best-crime-novel |title=TV show-inspired tale scoops the 2012 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel | Booksellers New Zealand |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210220609/http://www.booksellers.co.nz/book-news/tv-show-inspired-tale-scoops-2012-ngaio-marsh-award-best-crime-novel |archive-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- Longlisted, Luther: The Calling, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2012{{Cite web|date=2012-05-18|title=Theakston Old Peculier crime novel of the year longlist revealed|url=https://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/05/18/theakston-old-peculier-crime-novel-of-the-year-longlist-revealed/|access-date=2020-10-25|website=Harrogate Informer|language=en-GB}}
- Finalist, Captured, Ngaio Marsh Award, New Zealand, 2011
- Finalist, Burial, Ngaio Marsh Award,(NZ) 2010
- Shortlisted, Heartland, PEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.englishpen.org/legacy/images/Prizes/prizes_2006/PEN%20Ackerley%20prize%20shortlist%20June%2006-corrected.pdf|title=ALAN BENNETT IN LINE FOR MEMOIR PRIZE PEN/Ackerley Prize shortlist announced|website=Englishpen.org|accessdate=9 January 2019}}
- Long-listed, Always the Sun, Man Booker Prize 2004{{Cite web |url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/man-booker-prize-2004 |title=The Man Booker Prize 2004 | the Man Booker Prizes |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115041003/http://themanbookerprize.com/man-booker-prize-2004 |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.neil-cross.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0189232}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229063351/http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Neil-Cross/471600184 Neil Cross] author page on the Simon & Schuster (UK publisher) website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229064137/http://www.openroadmedia.com/neil-cross Neil Cross] author page on the Open Road (US publisher) website
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Category:21st-century English male writers
Category:21st-century English novelists
Category:21st-century English screenwriters
Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
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Category:English television producers
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