Biography
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 BBC poll, he was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to literature.Northern Lights, the first volume in His Dark Materials, won the 1995 Carnegie Medal of the Library Association as the year's outstanding English-language children's book. For the Carnegie's 70th anniversary, it was named in the top ten by a panel tasked with compiling a shortlist for a public vote for an all-time favourite. It won that public vote and was named all-time "Carnegie of Carnegies" in June 2007. It was filmed under the book's US title, The Golden Compass. In 2003, His Dark Materials trilogy ranked third in the BBC's The Big Read, a poll of 200 top novels voted by the British public.
Filmography
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Movies 9
Writer 5
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TV Shows 1
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National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage (2022)
His Dark Materials (2019)
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons (2018)
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015)
The Butterfly Tattoo (2009)
The Secrets of the Golden Compass (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
The Shadow in the North (2007)
The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
I Was a Rat (2001)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1946-10-19 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceNorwich, United Kingdom
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Eleanor Farjeon Award, Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Knight Bachelor, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Nestlé Children's Book Prize, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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