Philip was born in the East End of London where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art and has exhibited widely throughout Europe. As a novelist his credits include Crocodilia (1988), In The Eyes Of Mr. Fury (Penguin, 1989), Flamingoes In Orbit (Hamish Hamilton, 1990) and three novels for children; Mercedes Ice ...
[his favourite memory] Sitting on a train and realizing the person opposite was reading one of my books. They were smiling and looked so engrossed. I went through my own stop just to continue watching them.
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Fact
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Favourite book is "Stig of the Dump" by Clive King.
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Favourite song is 'Wild Is the Wind' sung by 'David Bowie'.
Wrote his first unpublished novel when he was 7 years old and his first published novel when he was 19.
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Hobbies: Collecting stamps, old paperbacks, comics, model robots, model crocodiles, model Cadillacs, gardening, model making, old photographs.
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Worked as a DJ in a nightclub while attending college. He also worked in a pie and mash shop in the East End of London, a betting office and a chip shop.
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He was awarded the 1992 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.
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He was awarded the 1992 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Heartless
2009/I
written by
Vincent River
2006
TV Movie
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
The Reflecting Skin
1990
written by
The Krays
1990
written by
The Universe of Dermot Finn
1988
Short writer
Visiting Mr. Beak
1987
Short written by
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Heartless
2009/I
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
The Reflecting Skin
1990
The Universe of Dermot Finn
1988
Short
Visiting Mr. Beak
1987
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Heartless
2009/I
lyrics: "This Is the World We Live In", "What Skin Is All About", "The Other Me", "Beautiful", "Heartless", "Lie to Me", "It Must Be Somewhere", "The Darker It Gets", "Phoenix in Dynamite Sky", "In You Are All the Stories"
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
writer: "Who Will Love Me Now?", "Look What You've Done To My Skin"
$1.4 Million
