Michael A. Walker

Michael A. Walker is an English film and television screenwriter. Winner and nominee of over 15 awards for his produced work, he has written on several major television series, such as Devils, Collision, Critical and Primeval.[1]

Michael A. Walker
OccupationTelevision screenwriter, producer
NationalityBritish
Notable worksDevils
Collision
Critical

Career

In 1999 his first written feature, The Fall, was released, starring Craig Sheffer. His short film Does God Play Football[2] starring Kevin McKidd and Helen McCrory won the crystal Bear at Berlinale Film Festival 2005 and went on to win or be nominated for a further nine awards.

In 2009, Walker co-wrote with Anthony Horowitz the five-part ITV drama, Collision.[3] He would later work on Jed Mercurio's medical drama Critical in 2015[4] and in 2019, wrote and executive produced on Devils, a Sky Italia banking thriller series, starring Patrick Dempsey, based on the novel by Guido Maria Brera.[5] He is presently working on an adaptation of Frank Schätzing's novel, The Swarm for Intaglio Films and ZDF, executive produced by Frank Doelger and Season 2 of Young Wallander for Netflix.[6]

On November 23, 2020, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment and Watford & Essex are developing a new version of Voyage to The Bottom Of The Sea. Walker and Chris Lunt are writing the project.[7]

References
  1. https://www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/michael-a-walker
  2. "DOES GOD PLAY FOOTBALL?". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/michael-a-walker-critical-sky-one
  5. https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/patrick-dempsey-star-devils-sky-italia-lux-vide-1202904440/
  6. https://deadline.com/2020/11/young-wallander-netflix-season-2-renewed-1234610404/
  7. https://deadline.com/2020/11/legendary-forms-joint-venture-with-emma-frost-matthew-graham-voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea-remake-1234620300/
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