Ann Peacock

Ann Peacock is a South African-born screenwriter based in the United States. After teaching Law in her native South Africa, she moved to the United States and started a screenwriting career at after doing an Extension Course in screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has received awards and nominations for her works A Lesson Before Dying (1999), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), and The First Grader (2015).

Biography

Peacock was born in 1951 and raised in South Africa.[1] She was educated at the University of Cape Town, where she obtained her law degree,[2] and taught in the faculty of Law.[3]

Her screenwriting career began after she moved to the United States,[1] writing her first screenplay June the 16th as a screenwriting student inspired by a family experience with internal resistance to apartheid.[3] She wrote the HBO film A Lesson Before Dying (1999), for which she won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.[4] In 2000, she adapted the Langston Hughes short story Cora Unashamed into a TV movie of the same name for PBS' The American Collection.[5] In July 2002, Walden Media hired Peacock as the screenwriter for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,[3] for which she was later nominated for the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form).[6]

Her screenwriting credits also include In My Comedy (2004), Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), and The Killing Room (2009)[7][8][1][2][9] She won the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for her screenplay The First Grader.[10] In 2015, she adapted Alice Hoffman's book The Dovekeepers into a television miniseries of the same name for CBS.[11]

She has a son who was engaged in the anti-apartheid movement.[3]

Filmography (as screenwriter)

Year Title Ref.
1999 A Lesson Before Dying [1]
2000 Cora Unashamed [5]
2004 In My Country [7]
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [2]
2007 Pictures of Hollis Woods (with Camille Thomasson and Daniel Petrie Jr.) [8]
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl [1]
2008 Nights in Rodanthe [2]
2009 The Killing Room (with Gus Krieger) [9]
2011 The First Grader [12]
2015 The Dovekeepers [11]

Awards

Year Title Award Result Ref.
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie Won [4]
2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) Nominated [6]
2012 The First Grader NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Won [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ann Peacock (The Scriptwriter) - Crew". The First Grader. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Heydenrich, Adle (5 May 2011). "Made in South Africa". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Harris, Dana (26 July 2002). "Peacock pegged to pen 'Lion'". Variety. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Outstanding Writing In A Miniseries Or A Special Nominees / Winners 1999". Television Academy. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Salamon, Julie (25 October 2000). "TELEVISION REVIEW; A Woman Long Dutiful, At Last Able to Speak Out". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2006 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b Ebert, Roger (31 March 2005). "'Country' tale doesn't quite ring true". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Pictures of Hollis Woods". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "The Killing Room". Campfire. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b Staff (17 February 2012). "NAACP Image Award Winners Include 'The Help,' Stars Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b de Moraes, Lisa (22 January 2014). "Ann Peacock To Adapt 'The Dovekeepers' For CBS Event Series From Mark Burnett, Roma Downey". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ^ Scott, A. O. (12 May 2011). "'The First Grader,' Justin Chadwick's Tale of Kenyan Culture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 July 2024.