William Nicholson

Filmography

• Long Walk to Freedom

  Screenplay

• Miss Sherri

  Screenplay

• 2020

  Hope Gap

  Directed by
  Written by
  [Adapted from his play The Retreat from Moscow]

• 2017

  Breathe

  Screenplay by

• 2015

  Everest

  Screenplay by

• 2014

  Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

  Screenplay by

• 2014

  Unbroken

  Screenplay by

• 2014

  Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  on-screen participant

• 2013

  Les Misérables

  Screenplay by

• 2011

  BAFTA & BFI Screenwriter Lectures: William Nicholson

  on-screen participant

• 2007

  Elizabeth The Golden Age

  Written by

• 2007

  Hippie Hippie Shake

  Screenplay

• 2003

  The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Part One

  on-screen participant

• 2003

  The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Part Two

  on-screen participant

• 2002

  Shut It Down

  interviewee

• 2000

  Grey Owl

  Screenplay by

• 2000

  Gladiator

  Screenplay

• 1998

  Firelight

  Director
  Written by

• 1996

  Crime of the Century

  Screenplay

• 1995

  First Knight

  Screenplay by
  Story by

• 1994

  Shadowlands

  Screenplay by
  Based on his Stageplay

• 1994

  Nell

  Screenplay by

• 1993

  Sarafina!

  Written by

• 1992

  Libertad

  Script

• 1992

  A Private Matter

  Script

• 1991

  The Lost Footsteps

  Script

• 1990

  The March

  Screenplay

• 1988

  Sweet As You Are

  Screenplay

• 1988

  The Vision

  [Written] by

• 1987

  Life Story

  [Written] By

• 1986

  The Right Choice

  Producer

• 1986

  Parents and Children

  Producer

• 1986

  The Limits of Fidelity

  Producer

• 1986

  A Public Debate about Private Lives

  Series Producer

• 1986

  New World

  Script

• 1986

  Family Ties

  Script

• 1985

  Global Report: The Nuclear Lagoon

  Series Producer

• 1985

  Shadowlands

  Script

• 1983

  Mothervision

  Producer

• 1983

  The Nuclear Lagoon

  Producer

• 1983

  A Year in the Life of the World

  Producer

• 1983

  The Lost Harvest

  Series Producer

• 1983

  The Tin Trap

  Series Producer

• 1982

  Unearthly Powers

  Producer

• 1982

  Woza Albert!

  Series Editor

• 1982

  Kathy Leaves Home

  Editor

• 1982

  The End of the Work Ethic

  Editor

• 1982

  Holy Father

  Editor

• 1981

  The Dark Virgin

  Producer

• 1981

  The Dervish Way

  Producer

• 1981

  The Devil's Gateway

  Series Editor

• 1981

  Rock Bottom

  Series Editor

• 1981

  Belief in Britain

  Editor

• 1981

  Carry Me Away

  Editor

• 1981

  The Rock That Doesn't Roll

  Editor

• 1981

  Genesis Fights Back

  Editor

• 1981

  Angola: Signals of Distress

  Editor

• 1981

  Heaven's My Destination

  Editor

• 1981

  The Road to Heaven Is a Hard One

  narrator

• 1980

  Margaretha

  Producer

• 1980

  The Rule

  Producer

• 1980

  Garabandal : After the Visions

  Producer

• 1980

  Bishop's Move

  Editor

• 1980

  Operation Auca

  Editor

• 1980

  Somebody We Know

  Editor

• 1980

  We Are Not Savages, We Are People

  Editor

• 1980

  The Hills of Ruhanga

  Editor

• 1980

  Orphans of Idi Amin

  Editor

• 1979

  Sunday in Clough Road

  Producer

• 1979

  Virtuous Women

  Series Editor
  Editor

• 1979

  The Synanon Story

  Editor

• 1979

  A Taste of Hunger

  Editor

• 1979

  Children's Pictures of God

  Editor

• 1979

  The Heart of the Matter

  Editor

• 1979

  The Virgin and the Red Flag

  Editor

• 1979

  Testament of Georgi Vins

  Editor

• 1979

  The Immortalists

  Editor

• 1979

  Transformation Express

  Editor

• 1979

  A Christmas Tree

  Editor

• 1979

  The Miracle Workers of Ladeira

  Editor

• 1979

  A Time to Die

  Editor

• 1979

  The Last Right

  Editor

• 1979

  Nothing Wonderful at All

  Editor

• 1979

  Brother Beast

  Editor

• 1979

  The God Smugglers

  Editor

• 1979

  It Could Happen to You

  Editor

• 1979

  Desperate Voyage

  Editor

• 1978

  Still Crazy after all These Years

  Director

• 1978

  Where Have all the Flowers Gone?

  Director

• 1978

  The Inner Game

  Director

• 1978

  Abide with Me

  Director

• 1978

  The White Christian's Burden

  Producer

• 1977

  Are the Dead Alive and Well and Trying to Tell Us Something?

  Director

• 1977

  Balinese Vision

  Director

• 1977

  Satan Superstar

  Director

• 1977

  Inside Canterbury Cathedral

  Director

• 1977

  The Secret of Happiness

  Producer

• 1977

  The Lord's My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay

  Producer

• 1977

  The Marriage Paradox

  Producer

• 1976

  Anno Domini Special A Hard Road to Heaven

  Producer

• 1975

  Appeal to the Nation

  Producer

• 1975

  Anno Domini: Canterbury Cathedral

  Producer

• 1975

  Anno Domini: The Bishop and the Liverpudlians

  Producer

• 1975

  God and Lord Hailsham

  Producer

• 1974

  See You Sunday[28/04/74]

  Director

• 1974

  See You Sunday[05/05/74]

  Director

• 1974

  See You Sunday[19/05/74]

  Director

• 1974

  See You Sunday[26/05/74]

  Director

• 1974

  See You Sunday[02/06/74]

  Director

• 1974

  See You Sunday[21/04/74]

  Director