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Paul Laverty

Irish-Scottish screenwriter
Person human Q922492

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
April 1, 1957
Place of birth
Kolkata
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
screenwriter, actor, lawyer, humanitarian, film screenwriter, jurist[10]
Field of work
film screenwriting, legal work, humanitarian aid[11][12][13]
Educated at
Strathclyde Law School, Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Strathclyde, The Scots College[14][15][16][17]
Award received
Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award[18][19]
Nominated for
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film, European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter[24][25][26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Family name
Laverty[22]
Given name
Paul[23]
Name in native language
Paul Laverty[28]
Native language
English[9]
Number of children
+3[29]
P14750
8C6B-38A9-A84A-2EF9-B769
Start of work period
1980[30]
Unmarried partner
Icíar Bollaín[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Paul Laverty ar بول لافيرتي de Laverty el Πολ Λάβερτι he פול לברטי hu Laverty ja ポール・ジョセフ・ラヴァーティ ja ポール・ラヴァーティ ja ポール・ラバトリー ko 폴 라버티 ru Лаверти, Пол ru Пол Лаверти ru Пол Лэверти zh 保罗·拉弗蒂 zh 保羅·拉弗提 zh 保羅·拉福帝 zh-hant 保羅·拉弗蒂 zh-hant 保羅·拉維提
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000078366089
VIAF cluster ID
120358542
Library of Congress authority ID
no00038499
GND ID
141114932
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Paul Laverty 006.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p205152
AlloCiné person ID
48396
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
LavertyPaul
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
130820806
CANTIC ID
981058518921806706
CONOR.SI ID
103226467
CiNii Research ID
1140845216814263168
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Ciné-Ressources person ID
43114
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
115220
DDB person (GND) ID
141114932
Danish National Filmography person ID
128677
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
141114932
EDb person ID
n0003263
ElCinema person ID
1996095
ElFilm person ID
353225
Elonet person ID
912465
Filmportal ID
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Freebase ID
/m/0fc33g
IMDb ID
nm0491956
IdRef ID
057401659
Ivi person ID
pol-laverti
JRC Names ID
422932
KMDb person ID
00107824
Kinobox person ID
67772
Kinopoisk person ID
38775
LdiF person ID
140768
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15595761
NL CR AUT ID
jo2008427176
NUKAT ID
n2015184273
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007459767205171
National Library of Latvia ID
000343455
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810701820305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1464352
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
167587633
Obálky knih ID
jo2008427176
Open Media Database person ID
15490
PORT person ID
25381
Scope.dk person ID
6049
Swedish Film Database person ID
216754
TMDB person ID
15490
Tabakalera ID
97195
Unifrance person ID
320947
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058518921806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1112222
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/5347f707-59cd-4f1f-9b9a-ae961155bf24
ČSFD person ID
96008

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🔗 Connections
Films written 20
The Wind That Shakes the Barley, I, Daniel Blake, The Angels' Share, Sorry We Missed You, Even the Rain, Looking for Eric, The Old Oak, 11'09"01 September 11 +12 more
Nominated for 6
European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
Occupation 4
actor, lawyer, screenwriter, jurist
Educated at 3
Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Strathclyde, The Scots College
Award received 1
Cannes Film Festival
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Field of work 1
humanitarian aid
Given name 1
Paul
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Kolkata
Sex or gender 1
male
Unmarried partner 1
Icíar Bollaín
← Cast member 1
Land and Freedom
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Summary

Paul Laverty was born on April 1, 1957[1], in Kolkata[2]. He has worked as a screenwriter[3], actor[4], lawyer[5], humanitarian[6], and film screenwriter[7].

FAQs

Where was Paul Laverty born?

Paul Laverty's place of birth was Kolkata[2].

What did Paul Laverty do for work?

Paul Laverty worked as a screenwriter[3], actor[4], lawyer[5], humanitarian[6], and film screenwriter[7].

Where did Paul Laverty go to school?

Paul Laverty was educated at Strathclyde Law School[14], Pontifical Gregorian University[15], University of Strathclyde[16], and The Scots College[17].

What awards did Paul Laverty receive?

Honors received include Cannes Film Festival[18] and Best Screenplay Award[19].

Related Entities

I, Daniel Blake lawyer The Wind That Shakes the Barley United Kingdom

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . festival-cannes.com. festival-cannes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . ask-oracle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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