Julian Fellowes

1949 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Magdalene College, Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Ampleforth College, Wetherby School

occupation: screenwriter, film director, politician, film producer, novelist, writer, librettist, stage actor, film actor, director, actor, prosaist, television presenter, television actor, showrunner, television producer

award received: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

position held: member of the House of Lords

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter, and Conservative peer. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards as well as nominations for four BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Olivier Awards, and a Tony Award. Fellowes won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the Robert Altman directed murder-mystery Gosford Park (2001). He also wrote the screenplays for Vanity Fair (2004), Separate Lies (2005), The Young Victoria (2009), and The Chaperone (2018). He gained notoriety as the creator, writer and executive producer of the multiple award-winning ITV series Downton Abbey (2010–2015) and the HBO series The Gilded Age (2022–present). He wrote the books for the Broadway musicals Mary Poppins (2006), and School of Rock (2015). Source: Wikipedia (en)