Alan Sharp
Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s, and wrote the first ever Play for Today, The Long Distance Piano Player, starring The Kinks frontman Ray Davies. He subsequently wrote the screenplays for about twenty Hollywood films, including The Hired Hand, Ulzana's Raid, Night Moves, and Rob Roy. His daughter is the actor Rudi Davies, from a relationship with the novelist Beryl Bainbridge.
Rob Roy
(Screenplay)
Damnation Alley
(Screenplay)
Night Moves
(Writer)
The Osterman Weekend
(Screenplay)
Ulzana's Raid
(Writer)
The Hired Hand
(Screenplay)
Reversible Errors
(Teleplay)
Ulzana's Raid
(Associate Producer)
Little Treasure
(Director)
Little Treasure
(Writer)
Descending Angel
(Teleplay)
Little Girl Fly Away
(Teleplay)
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
(Writer)
Billy Two Hats
(Writer)
The Long Distance Piano Player
(Writer)
A Sound from the Sea
(Writer)
Avenger
(Teleplay)
Betrayed by Love
(Writer)
Lathe of Heaven
(Teleplay)
Dean Spanley
(Screenplay)
Coming Out of the Ice
(Writer)
The Last Run
(Screenplay)
The Last Hit
(Screenplay)
Love and Lies
(Writer)
The Edge
(Writer)
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
(Writer)
While I Was Gone
(Teleplay)
Play for Today
(Writer)
Ben Hur
(Writer)