The London-born screenwriter grew up with a stutter. Many years later, he came up with the idea to write a screenplay based on the true story of King George VI. He overcame his speech impediment under the supervision of a speech therapist.
David Seidler is dead. “If he had a chance, he would write a script like this”
American media reported that the British writer died on Saturday during a fishing trip to New Zealand. His manager reported: David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the most peace, fly fishing. If he had the chance, he would write a script like this.
Seidler won an Oscar and a BAFTA for the 2010 historical drama. The film won the best film category at both galas, and Colin Firth, who played George VI in The King’s Speech, also won a BAFTA and an Oscar.
Seidler was also behind the stage adaptation of the film, which premiered on the West End in 2012. He was also the author of screenplays, among others: for animated children’s musicals “The King and I”, “Quest for Camelot” and “Madeline: Lost in Paris”.
Seidler won his first Writers Guild Award for the 1988 biopic “Onassis: The Richest Man in the World,” in which Raul Julia played the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. He is also the co-author of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1988 comedy-drama “Tucker the Dream Builder”.
Source: Gazeta
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