---
name: "Alan Sharp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-sharp"
fi1m_id: "alan-sharp"
imdb_id: "nm0788991"
tmdb_id: 70476
wikidata_id: "Q4707749"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 January 1934"
died: "8 February 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:20:04.661461+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Sharp

## Identity

Alan Sharp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-sharp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-sharp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0788991
- **TMDB ID:** 70476
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4707749
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sharp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4707749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70476

Writer. Born 12 January 1934 in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Died 8 February 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 January 1934, Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- **Died:** 8 February 2013
- **Active:** 1970–1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sharp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4707749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70476

## Biography

Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s and wrote for British television, including the Play for Today episode The Long Distance Piano Player (1970).

He later wrote screenplays for around twenty films, mostly in the United States. His credits include The Hired Hand (1971), Ulzana's Raid (1972), Night Moves (1975), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Rob Roy (1995) and Dean Spanley (2008). He also adapted stories for the miniseries Nightmares & Dreamscapes (2006) and wrote for Ben Hur (2010).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Hired Hand* (1971), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ben Hur* (2010), series, Writer
- *Dean Spanley* (2008), Screenplay
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), series, Adaptation, Writer
- *Avenger* (2006), Teleplay
- *While I Was Gone* (2004), Teleplay
- *Reversible Errors* (2004), Teleplay
- *Lathe of Heaven* (2002), Teleplay
- *Little Girl Fly Away* (1998), Teleplay
- *Rob Roy* (1995), Screenplay
- *Betrayed by Love* (1994), Writer
- *The Last Hit* (1993), Screenplay
- *Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis* (1991), Writer
- *Descending Angel* (1990), Teleplay
- *Love and Lies* (1990), Writer
- *The Edge* (1989), Writer
- *Little Treasure* (1985), Director, Writer
- *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), Screenplay
- *Coming Out of the Ice* (1982), Writer
- *The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'* (1981), Thanks
- *Damnation Alley* (1977), Screenplay
- *Night Moves* (1975), Writer
- *Billy Two Hats* (1974), Writer
- *Ulzana's Raid* (1972), Writer, Associate Producer
- *The Hired Hand* (1971), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)
- *The Last Run* (1971), Screenplay
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *The Long Distance Piano Player* (1970), Writer
- *A Sound from the Sea* (1970), Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *A Knight in Tarnished Armour* (1965), Writer
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Writer

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