Robert Wade

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had their first success in 1991 with the screenplay of the controversial drama Let Him Have It. The critically acclaimed film, directed by Peter Medak, was screened for Parliament and played a part in Derek Bentley's eventual posthumous pardon.

They have worked in a variety of genres with screenplays such as Plunkett & Macleane, starring Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler; Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich; and The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg and Edward Norton. In addition to writing the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, they wrote and co-produced Return To Sender for director Bille August and performed the same duties on Stoned for director Stephen Woolley.

For Casino Royale they received two BAFTA nominations as well as an EDGAR nomination from the Mystery Writers of America. They subsequently co-wrote Quantum Of Solace and adapted John le Carré's The Mission Song for Potboiler Films.

Skyfall earned them a BAFTA for Best British Film and became the all-time highest-grossing movie in the UK.

They have since written Kojak for Universal Films and a fact-based film about Stasi operations in Manhattan in the 1970s, Our Man In New York, for Amusement Park Films directed by David Mackenzie.

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