Andrew Davies
British screenwriter and novelist
Andrew Davies is a writer from Wales. He is known for his novels and screenplays.
Creations
changeDavies created a medical drama for the BBC called A Very Peculiar Practice. He is commonly known for creating the BBC television series House of Cards based on the book by Michael Dobbs.
He also made a television show adaptation of Middlemarch by George Eliot, a show based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a show based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s book Vanity Fair and a show based on Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Davies also made a show based on Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit, a tv show based on War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and a show based on Sandition by Jane Austen.
Awards
changeDavies won a BAFTA award in 2002.