Andrew Davies

Writing • 141 Credits

Biography

Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.

🎬 Directed Titles (1)

Directorial Filmography
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2014 ⭐ 3.3

✍️ Written & Story Credits (80)

Screenplay, Novel & Story
Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001 ⭐ 3.4
Screenplay
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004 ⭐ 3.1
Screenplay
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2011 ⭐ 2.9
Screenplay
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995 ⭐ 4.1
Writer
The Tailor of Panama

The Tailor of Panama

2001 ⭐ 3.0
Screenplay
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007 ⭐ 3.4
Writer
War and Peace

War and Peace

2016 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008 ⭐ 3.1
Screenplay
House of Cards

House of Cards

1990 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
Emma

Emma

1996 ⭐ 3.3
Screenplay
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2018 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

2008 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995 ⭐ 3.1
Writer
B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999 ⭐ 2.9
Novel
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

2008 ⭐ 4.0
Screenplay
Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

2002 ⭐ 3.4
Writer
Bleak House

Bleak House

2005 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
To Play the King

To Play the King

1993 ⭐ 4.0
Author
The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995 ⭐ 3.9
Writer
Affinity

Affinity

2008 ⭐ 2.9
Writer
Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002 ⭐ 3.5
Screenplay
Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

2002 ⭐ 3.9
Writer
The Signalman

The Signalman

1976 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

2020 ⭐ 3.0
Writer
Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007 ⭐ 3.0
Screenplay
Boudica

Boudica

2003 ⭐ 2.4
Writer
Quirke

Quirke

2014 ⭐ 3.0
Screenplay
Game On

Game On

1995 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

2001 ⭐ 3.9
Writer
South Riding

South Riding

2011 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2007 ⭐ 2.8
Screenplay
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996 ⭐ 3.1
Writer
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

1998 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

2004 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
Middlemarch

Middlemarch

1994 ⭐ 3.9
Writer
Othello

Othello

2001 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
The Chatterley Affair

The Chatterley Affair

2006 ⭐ 2.6
Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 ⭐ 3.7
Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 ⭐ 2.1
Writer
A Poet in New York

A Poet in New York

2014 ⭐ 2.5
Writer
Wilderness

Wilderness

1996 ⭐ 2.9
Writer
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986 ⭐ 4.1
Writer
Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

1992 ⭐ 2.5
Writer
Screen One

Screen One

1989 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964 ⭐ 2.6
Writer
Falling

Falling

2005 ⭐ 4.0
Screenplay
Filipina Dreamgirls

Filipina Dreamgirls

1991 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
Sleep with Me

Sleep with Me

2009 ⭐ 1.5
Screenplay
Harnessing Peacocks

Harnessing Peacocks

1993 ⭐ 2.5
Writer
Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

2007 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
To Serve Them All My Days

To Serve Them All My Days

1980 ⭐ 3.9
Writer
Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

1988 ⭐ 4.2
Screenplay
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

1994 ⭐ 2.4
Writer
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

2014 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
The Legend of King Arthur

The Legend of King Arthur

1979 ⭐ 3.8
Writer
Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

2000 ⭐ 2.8
Writer
Alfonso Bonzo

Alfonso Bonzo

1990 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Diana

Diana

1984 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996 ⭐ 4.3
Writer
Lucky Sunil

Lucky Sunil

1988 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
A Private Life

A Private Life

1989 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
Time After Time

Time After Time

1986 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
The Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody

2007 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
Grace

Grace

1975 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Playhouse

Playhouse

1974 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Centre Play

Centre Play

1973 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Inappropriate Behaviour

Inappropriate Behaviour

1987
Writer
The Old Devils

The Old Devils

1992
Writer
Bill's New Frock

Bill's New Frock

1998
Writer
A Very Polish Practice

A Very Polish Practice

1992
Writer
Fearless Frank

Fearless Frank

1978
Writer
A Martyr to the System

A Martyr to the System

1976
Writer
Renoir, My Father

Renoir, My Father

1978
Writer
Pythons on the Mountain

Pythons on the Mountain

1985
Writer
Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

1974
Writer
Billy Webb's Amazing Story

Billy Webb's Amazing Story

1991
Characters

🎭 Acting Roles (6)

Ranked by Prestige & Popularity
Omnibus

Omnibus

1967 ⭐ 3.6
The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978 ⭐ 2.8
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen

1995 ⭐ 5.0
as Self
Remembers…

Remembers…

2022 ⭐ 3.8
as Self
Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics

2018 ⭐ 2.5
as Himself
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007
as Self