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Tom Harper is a British film and television director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work on The Aeronauts, Wild Rose, Peaky Blinders, and the BBC TV mini-series War & Peace. Early life and education Harper grew up in a Quaker family. He "credits Quakerism with setting the tone in his attitudes towards pacifism and non-violence." Harper attended Acland Burghley School before going on to study at The University of Manchester. Career Harper began his career making short films. He wrote and directed Cubs in 2006 about urban fox hunting which was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Short Film category and won a BIFA. Harper then moved on to direct a range of film and television work which includes Misfits, The Scouting Book for Boys (2009), This Is England '86, The Borrowers (2011), Peaky Blinders (2013) and The Woman in Black: Angel of Death. In 2014, Harper re-teamed with Jack Thorne, the writer of The Scouting Book for Boys, to make War Book, which premiered at the London Film Festival and had its international premiere as the opening film of the International Festival of Film Rotterdam. The film received critical acclaim with The List calling it a "powerful, provocative and essential piece of modern British cinema". Harper was also a producer on the film. He directed the 2016 BBC TV mini-series War & Peace, starring Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton for BBC1 and The Weinstein Company. The series topped ratings and won rave reviews. The series was nominated for 6 BAFTAs (including Best Drama Series) and won for Best Production Design. Harper next directed the pilot episode of The Son for AMC based on Phillip Meyer's acclaimed novel. Pierce Brosnan played the lead, replacing Sam Neill (with whom Harper previously worked on Peaky Blinders) who was forced to pull out for "personal reasons." The series was picked up for a second season in May 2017. In 2017, Harper teamed up with Jack Thorne again, to make "The Commuter," starring Timothy Spall, the third episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video anthology series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. Wild Rose starring Jessie Buckley (with whom Harper had worked previously on War and Peace) and Julie Walters, and written by Nicole Taylor, was filmed in Glasgow, Scotland, and Nashville, USA, in the summer of 2017. Owen Gleiberman described it in Variety as "a happy-sad drama of starstruck fever that lifts you up and sweeps you along, touching you down in a puddle of well-earned tears." The Aeronauts, based on James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell's famous 1862 flight, and starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones started its shoot in the summer of 2018. The script was written by Jack Thorne, their fifth collaboration, and Harper along with Todd Lieberman produced the film for Amazon Studios. Until March 2020, The Aeronauts was the most watched film of all time on Amazon Prime. Harper directed a short film to launch The Royal Albert Hall's 150th anniversary year. Entitled Your Room Will Be Ready, the film was shot in 2020 during the Covid pandemic and is a tribute to live music. Narrated by Mick Jagger it features more than 40 archive event clips including never-before-seen and rare material dating back to 1930s. Filmography Film Television References External links Tom Harper at IMDb Interviews with Tom Harper, British Film Institute. Discover the Tom Harper popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tom Harper books.
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Hit Lit
James W. HallDISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGABESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writi...
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Warrior King
Wilbur SmithParis, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among...
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Kronos
Guy Adams'What manner of monster can wreak such damage? I only hope you know how it can be stopped.' The peace of an English village is shattered when a young girl withers before her friend...
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The Penguin History of the Church
Henry ChadwickExamines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world
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Keep Calm and Cuddle Up
Ebury PublishingThey say love is a manysplendored thing. So what could be more splendid than giving this pocketsized book of love quotes, sayings and appeasements to show how much you truly care? ...
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Two Bronze Pennies
Chris NicksonThe second intriguing historical mystery to feature Detective Inspector Tom HarperLeeds, England, Christmas Eve, 1890. DI Tom Harper is looking forward to a wellearned rest. But i...
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Lives of Roman Christian Women
Carolinne White'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own thr...
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The Game of Eating Smart
Julie Loria & Allen CampbellAn inside look at the food that fuels today’s top Major League Baseball stars In Major League Baseball, the transition to eating healthy food has become more than a move...
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A Death at Fountains Abbey
Antonia Hodgson'In a tale that more than matches its predecessors for pace and atmosphere, Hawkins is forced into confrontation with a psychopathic killer...hugely enjoyable' The Sunday Times'You...
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The Relive Box and Other Stories
T.C. BoyleWhile T.C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his m...
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The New Testament for Everyone, Third Edition
N. T. WrightA Translation of the Good News for EveryoneIf the Bible cannot be understood by everyone, then it is not good news. But from the very first days of the church at Pentecost, the goo...
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Black River
Tom HarperThis unputdownable Amazonian adventure is perfect for fans of The Lost City of Z. 'The thinking person's Dan Brown' Tom Harper has taken you to the underworld. He's taken you to th...
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The Search
Howard LinskeyA missing child. A terrifying killer. A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter's Close to Home.Susan Verity was only ten when she went missing. For years ...
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Past Mortem
Ben Elton'A writer who provokes, almost as much as he entertains' Daily Mail'Engaging and smartly plotted' ObserverWith old friends like these, who needs enemies?It's a question mild manner...
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Off the Record
Peter MansbridgeINSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERPeter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into his life and career, from his early broadcasting d...
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Alternating Current
Octavio PazIn its frontpage review of Alternating Current, The New York Times Book Review called Octavio Paz “an intellectual literary oneman band” for his ability to write incisively and wit...
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The Search for the Next Mickey Mantle
Barry Sparks"The worst curse in life is unlimited potential." Ken BrettHigh expectations come with being labeled "the next Mickey Mantle."But once the media or an organization utters tha...
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Empresses of Seventh Avenue
Nancy MacDonellIn the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell chronicles the untold story of how the Nazi invasion of France gave ...
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I Walk Between the Raindrops
T.C. BoyleAn electric collection of new short stories from the inimitable, bestselling writer of Talk to Me and Outside Looking InIn the title story of Walk Between the Raindrops,...
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Gods of Gold
Chris NicksonIntroducing Detective Inspector Tom Harper in a brandnew historical mystery series. June 1890. Leeds is close to breaking point. The gas workers are on strike. Supplies are dan...
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My Name Is Nobody
Matthew Richardson'PROOF THAT THE SPY GENRE IS FLOURISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY' Guardian'I know for certain that there is a mole somewhere within the intelligence services . . . His codename is Nobo...
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Forrest Gump
Winston GroomEr ist ein Idiot. Er ist ein Genie. Er ist ein Ereignis.Dieser Mensch verändert das Leben aller Menschen, die das Glück haben, ihm zu begegnen.Sein Name ist Forrest Gump.Dies ist d...
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Pizazz vs The Demons
Sophy HennThe fourth book in a SUPER (like, actually, with powers and stuff) new series for readers aged 7+ from the amazingly talented illustrator and author Sophy Henn! Brimming...