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Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley.
- Saroo Brierley
Saroo Brierley (born c. 1981) is an Indian-born Australian...
- Saroo Brierley
Luke Davies (born 1962) is an Australian writer of poetry, novels and screenplays. His best known works are Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film Lion , which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
Feb 24, 2017 · Years later he makes an equally compelling journey across a digital landscape, traversing Google Maps to find his way home again, and reunite with his mother. The inspirational sweep of that story for Lion helped Luke Davies secure an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Feb 9, 2017 · by Anne-Katrin Titze. Meeting up with novelist, essayist, film critic, and very famous poet, Luke Davies, to discuss his latest screenplay, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Lion, directed by Garth Davis, starring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Sunny Pawar, we talked about the Proust moment, Hans ...
For Luke Davies, the film’s screenwriter and author of three novels, the power of “Lion” lies in its “inseparable mixture of joy and sorrow.” The film oscillates between immense loss and overwhelming hope.
Jan 16, 2017 · The screenplay by Luke Davies (who wrote the James Dean biopic ‘Life’) has too many loose ends to be properly convincing.
Jan 28, 2017 · Both nominated for Lion: Dev Patel who is nominated for best supporting actor with screenwriter Luke Davies who is nominated for best adapted screenplay. Credit: Getty Images
