David Ambrose

David Ambrose

1943-02-21 Chorley, England, UK 21 Credits

Biography

David Ambrose is an English novelist and screenwriter.

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Vigilante

Vigilante

2023

Director

10.0
Directing

Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast confronts the latest vote suppression tricksters. Narrated by Rosario Dawson. "Frightening but really...

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

2016

Director

7.2
Directing

Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from Florida's electoral rolls...

Il gioco

Il gioco

2001

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

A reputed art critic convinces a young actress to play for him alone the role of a mysterious and seductive woman.

Remembrance

Remembrance

1996

Teleplay

5.4

To overcome the emotional scars of her own past, Vanessa Fullerton recounts her mother Serena's extraordinary life - and tragic death. Serena marries ...

Fall from Grace

Fall from Grace

1994

Writer

1.0
Writing

Fall from Grace describes the war of the young English-French Catherine, her mother is killed in 1940 during the German campaign against France, Cathe...

Year of the Gun

Year of the Gun

1991

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a rese...

The French Revolution

The French Revolution

1989

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt p...

Taffin

Taffin

1988

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.

Blackout

Blackout

1985

Screenplay, Story

5.4
Writing

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father, who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident, i...

D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

Writer

6.4
Writing

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot wit...

Amityville 3-D

Amityville 3-D

1983

Writer

4.6
Writing

To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place...

A Dangerous Summer

A Dangerous Summer

1982

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certa...

The Survivor

The Survivor

1981

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the disa...

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

1980

Screenplay, Story

6.6
Writing

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in tim...

Disaster on the Coastliner

Disaster on the Coastliner

1979

Writer

5.3
Writing

A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William Sha...

A Man Called Intrepid

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

Writer

7.0
Writing

During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.

The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

1979

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king ...

Alternative 3

Alternative 3

1977

Writer

5.9
Writing

Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the ...

The Professional

1973

Writer

Writing

An insignificant little middle-aged man strikes a heinous bargain with an underworld expert. The man has a problem: his wife. A professional killer wo...

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

1969

Adaptation

7.5

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.

Very Important Person

Very Important Person

1961

Writer

5.2
Writing

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist ...