Biography
Bilingual (French / English) scriptwriter, with many years of writing and producing experience, Steve Hawes joined Granada Television as a sports journalist in 1976. He produced sport and documentary features for ITV's regional and national networks, as well as the Brecht-Weil Seven Deadly Sins and Kenneth Macmillan's Isadora. He adapted Arthur Ransome's fishing stories for Michael Hordern, Rod and Line (Channel 4, 1982).
He began producing drama in 1984, including the eccentric p.i. series Bulman, and Small World, and exec produced A Tale of Two Cities and The Heat of the Day (ITV). He subsequently moved to Paris to produce the first twelve episodes of the Maigret series starring Bruno Cremer (FR 2), which ran until 2006 when the 54th episode was aired. For the last few years of the run he was lead writer on the series.
Film Writing
. Currently in pre-production
The Black Tulip
Feature film script adapted from the novel of Alexander Dumas, for director Harry Kümel, Diamond Productions.
. In development
A Time to Die
Feature film script based on incidents in the life of Ghandi's bodyguard, for Hart Films.
Problemski Hotel
Adaptation of the novel by Dmitri Verhulst for Riche, Riche & Riche.
Ana
Documentary drama with Manu Riche: for Offworld, Brussels, and Pipeline: London, jointly funded by EU Media script fund and Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds.
Television
Maigret at the Doctor's (2008), with Claire Marine Level: 90 minutes for Dune (Paris) and BBC 4.
Maigret et La Demoiselle de Compagnie (2006), 90 minutes: for Dune / FR2.
Maigret et Les Sept Petites Croix Dans Un Carnet (2006), with Claire Marine Level: 90 minutes: for Dune / FR2.
Maigret et Le Docteur (2005), with Claire Marine Level: 90 minutes: for Dune / FR2.
Maigret et Les Petits Cochons Sans Queue (2005), 90 minutes: for Dune / FR2.
Un Echec de Maigret (2003), 90 minutes: for Dune / FR2: TX February.
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret (2003), 60 minute semi-dramatized documentary on Georges Simenon: for FR2: with Manu Riche.
The Bill: To Us and Ours and Smitten (2001), Thames / ITV: both transmitted in 2001: title of the latter changed prior to TX.
Theatre
His play Original Sin (2009) ran at theHaymarket, Basingstoke.
Triangles (2009), Haymarket, Basingstoke. |
