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A British screenwriter and author. His TV writing credits are extensive, notably including the House of Cards trilogy, but he has also worked on several successful films, including The Tailor of Panama (2001), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Brideshead Revisited (2008) and The Three Musketeers (2011).

film	type	released	role(s)
House of Cards	TV	1990	screenplay
Harnessing Peacocks	TV	1993	screenplay
To Play the King	TV	1993	screenplay
The Final Cut	TV	1995	screenplay
Pride and Prejudice	TV	1995	screenplay
The Way We Live Now	TV	2001	screenplay
Bridget Jones's Diary	film	2001	screenplay
The Tailor of Panama	film	2001	screenplay
Daniel Deronda	TV	2002	screenplay
Middlemarch	TV	2004	writer (original)
House of Cards - The Complete First Season (US version)	TV	2013	writer (original)

year	award	category	for
2002	London Critics' Circle Film Award	British Screenwriter of the Year	Bridget Jones's Diary