Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Frank Cottrell-Boyce fascinates me because he refuses to be boxed into one craft. He moves fluidly between award-winning children's novels, screenwriting, and playwriting, and the Carnegie and Guardian honors confirm he is no dabbler. My favorite detail is that he wrote the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, folding storytelling and mischief into a stage the whole world was watching. His long collaboration with Michael Winterbottom shows a generous, collaborative spirit. What I value most is his willingness to take children seriously as readers, treating young audiences with the same intelligence he gives adults.

Name (English)

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Name (Japanese)

フランク・コットレル・ボイス

Reading

ふらんく・こっとれる・ぼいす

Born

September 23, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Rainhill, United Kingdom

Occupation

screenwriter / writer / novelist / playwright / literary critic

University

Keble College

Awards & achievements

• 2004 Carnegie Medal
• 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
• 2012 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• 2004 Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Cottrell-Boyce
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233018

Tags

• screenwriter
• writer
• novelist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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