J. M. Barrie

1860–1937 · Scottish writer and playwright

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a British novelist and playwright. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.

J. M. Barrie, in order

1. 1916 The Real Thing at Last (short film): directed, wrote
2. 1920 The Twelve Pound Look: wrote · directed by Jack Denton
3. 1921 Sentimental Tommy: wrote · directed by John S. Robertson
4. 1921 The Will: wrote · directed by A.V. Bramble
5. 1924 Peter Pan: wrote · directed by Herbert Brenon · critics 98%, audiences 84%
6. 1930 Il segreto del dottore: wrote · directed by Jack Salvatori
7. 1930 Seven Days' Leave: wrote · directed by Richard Wallace
8. 1934 We're Not Dressing: wrote · directed by Benjamin Glazer and Norman Taurog
9. 1991 Hook: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 37%, audiences 76% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, YouTube (free)