
Writing
Tom Stoppard
Born July 3, 1937 · Zlín, Czechoslovakia · Died November 29, 2025
Biography
Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL Hon FBA (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937 — 29 November 2025) was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard had been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. Stoppard died at his home in Dorset, England on 29 November 2025 at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Stoppard, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

927.8
Brazil
Screenplay

797.1
Shakespeare in Love
Writer

556.5
The Lion King 1½
Theatre Play

566.6
Anna Karenina
Screenplay

837.7
Empire of the Sun
Screenplay

356.2
Tulip Fever
Screenplay

536.4
Enigma
Screenplay

476.1
The Russia House
Screenplay

677.3
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Director, Writer, Theatre Play

847.7
Spielberg
Self

355.9
Billy Bathgate
Screenplay

527.4
Parade's End
Writer

636.9
Despair
Screenplay

6.1
The Romantic Englishwoman
Writer

6.1
The Human Factor
Screenplay

556.6
Wilde Salomé
Self

6.0
Poodle Springs
Screenplay

7.3 TMDB
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Self

6.6 TMDB
What Is Brazil?
Self

6.9
Three Men in a Boat
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2023Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink FloydSelfMovie
- 2022National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtWriterMovie
- 2021Tom Stoppard: A Charmed LifeHimselfMovie
- 2020A Separate PeaceWriterMovie
- 2018ArcadiaWriterMovie
- 2017SpielbergSelfMovie
- 2017Tulip FeverScreenplayMovie
- 2017National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadTheatre PlayMovie
- 2015National Theatre Live: The Hard ProblemTheatre PlayMovie
- 2013Wilde SaloméSelfMovie
- 2012Anna KareninaScreenplayMovie
- 2012Parade's EndWriterSeries
- 2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' RevisitedSelfMovie
- 2009André Previn - A Bridge between two WorldsSelfMovie
- 2008What Is Brazil?SelfMovie
- 2005The Merchant of VeniceWriterMovie
- 2004The Lion King 1½Theatre PlayMovie
- 2001The Invention of LoveWriterMovie
- 2001EnigmaScreenplayMovie
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveWriterMovie
- 1998Poodle SpringsScreenplayMovie
- 1997OscarSelfMovie
- 1995The Fifteen Minute HamletAuthorMovie
- 1991Billy BathgateScreenplayMovie
- 1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadDirector, Writer, Theatre PlayMovie
- 1990The Russia HouseScreenplayMovie
- 1990Largo DesolatoWriterMovie
- 1989The Dog It Was That DiedWriterMovie
- 1987Empire of the SunScreenplayMovie
- 1985BrazilScreenplayMovie
- 1984Squaring the CircleWriterMovie
- 1983On the RazzleWriterMovie
- 1979The Human FactorScreenplayMovie
- 1979Every Good Boy Deserves FavourWriterMovie
- 1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries
- 1978DespairScreenplayMovie
- 1978The South Bank ShowSeries
- 1977Professional FoulWriterMovie
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekWriterSeries
- 1977BukovskySelfMovie
- 1976TravestiesWriterMovie
- 1975Three Men in a BoatScreenplayMovie
- 1975The BoundaryWriterMovie
- 1975The Romantic EnglishwomanWriterMovie
- 1974PlayhouseTheatre PlaySeries
- 1968Neutral GroundWriterMovie
- 1967OmnibusSelfSeries
- 1967ITV PlayhouseWriterSeries
- 1967Another Moon Called EarthWriterMovie
- 1967One Pair of EyesSeries
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriterSeries
- 1965Knock on Any DoorWriterSeries
- 1964In-Side-OutMovie
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
- —A Christmas CarolScreenplayMovie