About Graham Hurley
Born 1946. Graham Hurley is a British writer, film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
Graham Hurley (born 1 November 1946) at Clacton on Sea, is an English crime fiction writer.
Formerly based in Portsmouth but now relocated in the West Country, he is best known for creating the character of DI Joe Faraday, following several standalone novels. He contributed a column to The Portsmouth News. He received both a BA and an MA in English from the University of Cambridge.
He worked as a script-writer with Southern Television before becoming a researcher and later a director. For TVS He filmed the discovery of the seabed wrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck (with American oceanographer Robert Ballard) and produced ITV's account of Richard Branson's attempt to cross the Atlantic by balloon.
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Who is Graham Hurley?
English crime writer
When was Graham Hurley born?
Graham Hurley was born on 1 November 1946 in Clacton-on-Sea.
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Graham Hurley is a writer, film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
What nationality is Graham Hurley?
Graham Hurley is British.
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