David Ambrose

David Ambrose
Born (1943-02-21) 21 February 1943 (age 81)
Chorley, England
OccupationNovelist, playwright and screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Notable worksAlternative 3
Notable awardsScreenplay for The Survivor won the Best Script award at the International Film Festival of Catalonia
SpouseLaurence Ambrose (m. 1979; died 2019)

David Edwin Ambrose (born 21 February 1943) is a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter. His credits include at least twenty films, four stage plays, and many hours of television, including the controversial mockumentary Alternative 3 (1977). He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, and educated at Blackburn Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford.[1] He was married to the Swiss-born artist Laurence Ambrose from 1979 until her death in 2019.

  1. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 539.