WAR HORSE Production Notes

WAR HORSE (2011)PRODUCTION NOTESjournalism. She then joined the BBC and went on to become head of the European bureau forPBS. She subsequently formed Transatlantic Films, which has produced over 150 films andseries.Guest is also the author of two books and has been the chair of the Hay Festival for over 15years.LEE HALL (Screenwriter) was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1966. He studied EnglishLiterature at Cambridge University and has worked as a writer in theater, TV, radio and film. Hehas also been a writer in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and at Live Theatre,Newcastle Upon Tyne.Hall wrote the screenplay for "Billy Elliot" and was nominated for an Academy Award® forBest Screenplay in 2000.His theater credits include "The Pitmen Painters" at Live Theatre/Royal National Theatre in2007, 2008 and 2009, on Broadway in 2010 and in the West End in 2011 (winner of EveningStandard Best Play Award, TMA Best New Play Award); "Billy Elliot the Musical" in London in2004, in Australia in 2006-7, on Broadway since 2008, in Chicago in 2010 (winner of OlivierAward for Best Musical and nine Tony Awards®, including Best Book); and "Cooking WithElvis" at Live Theatre/West End (nominated for an Olivier Award, Best Comedy).Theater adaptations include "The Barber of Seville," at the Bristol Old Vic in 2003; "The GoodHope," Royal National Theatre in 2001; "Mother Courage," Shared Experience/ AmbassadorsTheatre; "The Adventures of Pinocchio," Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2000; "A Servant toTwo Masters," RSC/Young Vic in 1999; "Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti," Almedia Theatre; and"Leonce and Lena," The Gate Theatre in 1997.Hall has also worked extensively in radio. His credits include "I Luv You Jimmy Spud" in 1996,which won the Writers Guild Award for Best New Play, the Gold Sony Award for Best NewPlay, the Alfred Bradley Award and the Society of Authors Award; "Spoonface Steinberg" in1997; "I Love You, Ragie Patel" in 1997; "The Sorrows of Sandra Saint" in 1997; "Blood Sugar"in 1997; "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" (adapted from Vargas Llosa) in 1998; "Gristle" in1999; "Child of the Snow" in 2000; and "Child of the Rain" in 2000.Hall's TV credits include "Toast" in 2010, "Wind in the Willows" in 2007, "A Prince of Hearts"in 1998 and "Spoonface Steinberg" for the BBC in 1997. He has also worked in opera, adapting"Il Pagliacci" for the English National Opera in 2008.RICHARD CURTIS (Screenwriter) has written extensively for both film and television. His© 2011 DreamWorks Pictures 40