Frank Cottrell Boyce
was born on September 23, 1959 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Boyce is a
British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's
fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He
recently achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening
ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming.
Boyce has won two
major British awards for children's books, the 2004 Carnegie Medal for Millions, which originated as a film
script, and the 2012 Guardian Prize for The
Unforgotten Coat, which was commissioned by a charity.
Boyce wrote the
screenplay for the Euro-western “The Claim” in 1999.
Today we celebrate
Frank Cottrell Boyce’s 55th birthday.
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