Brian Moore

1921–1999 · novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland

Brian Moore, was a Northern Irish and Canadian writer. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles, and has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel".

Brian Moore, in order

1. 1964 The Luck of Ginger Coffey: wrote · directed by Irvin Kershner
2. 1966 Torn Curtain: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Keith Waterhouse · critics 63%, audiences 52%
3. 1973 Catholics: wrote · directed by Jack Gold · audiences 60% · streaming on Fawesome
4. 1984 The Blood of Others: wrote · directed by Claude Chabrol · audiences 36%
5. 1987 Control: wrote · directed by Giuliano Montaldo
6. 1991 Black Robe: wrote · directed by Bruce Beresford