Dennis Potter

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf playwright
screenwriter
television director
gptkbp:activeYears 1955-1994
gptkbp:adaptation Blue Remembered Hills (film)
Pennies from Heaven (film)
The Singing Detective (film)
gptkbp:awards gptkb:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Drama_Series
International Emmy Award
gptkbp:born May 17, 1935
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_Potter
Jessie_Potter
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Bob_Hoskins
gptkb:Michael_Gambon
gptkb:David_Hare
gptkbp:died June 7, 1994
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:famousFor The Singing Detective
Pennies from Heaven
The_BBC's_Play_for_Today
gptkbp:genre Drama
Television
Theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dennis Potter
gptkbp:influenced Screenwriting techniques
Contemporary television drama
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkbp:knownFor Innovative storytelling techniques
Exploration of themes like illness and mortality
gptkbp:legacy Pioneering narrative structures in TV
Recognition for complex characters
Influence_on_British_television
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork The Singing Detective
Pennies from Heaven
Blue Remembered Hills
gptkbp:occupation writer
television producer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Berry_Hill,_Gloucestershire,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
Pancreatic cancer
gptkbp:spouse Sarah_Potter
gptkbp:website dennispotter.com