
Known for
Writing
Born
July 1, 1935
Birthplace
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died
January 22, 2002 (aged 66)
Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin S...
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Producer
2023
as Self - interviewed guest
2006
as Self
2000
Co-Producer
1997
Co-Producer
1996
Producer, Writer
1995
Producer
1994
Writer
1993
Writer, Executive Producer
1991
Writer
1990
1988
Writer, Executive Producer
1986
Director, Writer
1985
1980
Director, Writer
1980
Director, Writer
1974
as Various, Writer
1972
Writer
1971
Writer
1970
1970
1970
Screenplay
1969
Writer
1969
Director
1968
Writer