Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRonald Harwood, a South African screenwriter most known for The Pianist has died.
The Oscar-winning writer was 85.Harwood, who also wrote The Dresser and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, died Tuesday of natural causes in his Sussex home.The writer was born in South Africa in 1934.
His first credit was for 1961’s Playdate. Throughout the sixties he went on to write a number for a number of titles including TV series ITV Television Playhouse, Knock on Any Door and ITV Play of the Week.As his career progressed he went on write films, ranging from the 1966 film Arrivederci, Baby!
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