Anthony Shaffer

1926–2001 · writer, barrister and advertising executive from England

Anthony Joshua Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth (1970) and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation. His screenplays included Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Frenzy (1972) and the folk horror film The Wicker Man (1973).

Anthony Shaffer, in order

1. 1971 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins: wrote · directed by Al Viola and Arne Sucksdorff
2. 1972 Frenzy: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 89%, audiences 78%
3. 1972 Sleuth: wrote · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
4. 1973 The Wicker Man: wrote · directed by Robin Hardy
5. 1974 Murder on the Orient Express: wrote · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 89%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
6. 1978 Absolution: wrote · directed by Anthony Page
7. 1978 Death on the Nile: wrote · directed by John Guillermin
8. 1982 Evil Under the Sun: wrote · directed by Guy Hamilton
9. 1988 Appointment with Death: wrote · directed by Michael Winner
10. 2006 The Wicker Man: wrote · directed by Neil LaBute · critics 15%, audiences 17%
11. 2007 Zeitgeist: The Movie: acted · directed by Peter Joseph