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John Richard Briley〔 〕〔 〕 (b. August 25, 1925)〔〔〔 is an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films. He won the Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay at the 1982 Oscars for ''Gandhi''.〔〔 〕 As well as film scripts, he has written for television and theatre, and published several novels.〔 ==Biography== Briley was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan,〔〔〔 and served in the United States Air Force, 1943–46, reaching the rank of captain.〔 At the University of Michigan, he gained a BA in 1950 and an MA in English 1951.〔 He married Dorothy Louise Reichart in 1950, and they had four children.〔 He worked in public relations for General Motors before rejoining the air force in 1955.〔 He was posted to RAF Northolt airbase at South Ruislip near London, where he was director of orientation activities and started writing.〔 In 1960, he earned a PhD in Elizabethan drama from the University of Birmingham, left the air force and became a staff writer with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood.〔 He left MGM in 1964.〔 He also had an uncredited part in the 1965 comedy ''Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious''.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Briley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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