Poliakoff, Stephen

Stephen Poliakoff, born in December 1952, was appointed writer in residence at the National Theatre for 1976 and the same year won the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award for "Hitting Town" and "City Sugar". He has also won a BAFTA Award for the Best Single Play for "Caught on a Train" in 1980, the Evening Standard's Best British Film Award for "Close My Eyes" in 1992, The Critics' Circle Best Play Award for "Blinded by the Sun" in 1996 and the Prix Italia and the Royal Television Society Best Drama Award for "Shooting the Past" in 1999. His plays and films include "Clever Soldi...