Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies is a writer from Wales.  He is known for his novels and screenplays.

Creations
Davies created a medical drama for the BBC called A Very Peculiar Practice. He is commonly known for creating the BBC television series House of Cards based on the book by Michael Dobbs. 

He also made a television show adaptation of Middlemarch by George Eliot, a show based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a show based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s book Vanity Fair and a show based on Bleak House by Charles Dickens. 

Davies also made a show based on Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit, a tv show based on War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and a show based on Sandition by Jane Austen. 

Awards
Davies won a BAFTA award in 2002.

Category:1936 births
Category:Living people
Category:Welsh writers