Neil Paterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | James Edmund Neil Paterson 31 December 1915 Greenock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 April 1995 (aged 79) Crieff, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pen name | John Kovack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist, footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | 1946–1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable works | Room at the Top (screenplay for 1959 film version) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable awards | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1959 Room at the Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Edmund Neil Paterson (31 December 1915 – 19 April 1995)[1][2] was a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and screenplays. He won the 1959 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Room at the Top. Before his success as a writer, he worked in journalism and had a brief career as an amateur footballer, playing for Buckie Thistle, Leith Athletic and Dundee United in the Scottish Football League.