William Boyd
- screenwriter
- film director
- novelist
- writer
- director
- author
- Born 1952-03-07 (age 74)
- Nationality United Kingdom
- Years active 1981–present
Biography
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Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Chaplin | Movie | screenwriter | 40 |
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1952 age 0
Born1992 age 40
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Quotes
Actually I can't stand the man. Sanctimonious, Calvinistic, so-and-so. Totally unsympathetic — can't think why he became a doctor — hectoring, bullying — sort of moral storm-trooper.
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
Like Rome, Nkongsamba was built on seven hills, but there all similarity ended. Set in undulating tropical rain forest, from the air it resembled nothing so much as a giant pool of crapulous vomit on somebody’s expansive unmown lawn.
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
Morgan liked to imagine the town as some immense yeast culture, left in a deep cupboard by an absentminded lab technician, festering uncontrolled, running rampant in the ideal growing conditions.
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
Can't you keep this bloody place tidy?"
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
There are so many hypochondriacs out here. I think Murray can spot them a mile off."
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
I want you to get to know Murray because I want you to bribe him."
William Boyd (writer), CC BY-SA 4.0
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1981–
- Notable works
- A Good Man in Africa
- Education
- Gordonstoun, Jesus College, University of Côte d'Azur, University of Glasgow, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis