SHAWN SLOVO BIOGRAPHY
Shawn Slovo, Writer
In 1987, her first screenplay and first film, 'A World Apart,' directed by Chris Menges, won the Jury Prize, and the Ecumenical and Best Actress Awards at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, and the 1988 BAFTA Best Original Screenplay Award. Since then, she has been working on adaptations and re-writes, both in the UK and US. She has worked with directors Shekar Kapur, Roger Michell, Michael Mann, Agnieska Holland, Mike Newell, amongst others.
Her adaptation for Working Title/Universal of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was directed by John Madden in 2000.
She is currently working on an adaptation of
'Bobby Fischer Goes To War,' by David Edmonds and John Eidinow.
