David Scearce

David Scearce is a lawyer and screenwriter.

Career

Law

Scearce earned a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University before studying law at the University of British Columbia and then joining the Aboriginal Law unit of the Department of Justice's Vancouver office.^[1]

Film

In 2000, Scearce decided to write screenplays in his spare time.^[1]^[2] One of his first attempts was an adaptation of a favourite novel—A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood. Don Bachardy, Isherwood's surviving partner who managed the rights to the story, approved of the script and it was then picked up by fashion designer and first-time film director Tom Ford. The final film, A Single Man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2009 and was released in December 2009.^[3] It and its cast and crew received critical acclaim as well as numerous awards and nominations, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination for Best Screenplay and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay.^[2]

Scearce's second screenplay, Measure of a Man, a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s based on Robert Lipsyte's novel One Fat Summer, is being released in 2018. The film is directed by Jim Loach and stars Blake Cooper and Donald Sutherland.

Personal life

Scearce was born in Burlington, Ontario and lives in Vancouver, where he continues to work for the Department of Justice.^[2]

References

1 2 "David Scearce". Clerk of the Privy Council. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
1 2 3 Lederman, Marsha (4 December 2009). "David Scearce: White collar by day, red carpet by night". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
↑ Eisner, Ken (22 December 2009). "Vancouverite David Scearce succeeds with A Single Man screenplay". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

External links

David Scearce on IMDb

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[clerk-1] 1 2 "David Scearce". Clerk of the Privy Council. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[globe-2] 1 2 3 Lederman, Marsha (4 December 2009). "David Scearce: White collar by day, red carpet by night". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[straight-3] Eisner, Ken (22 December 2009). "Vancouverite David Scearce succeeds with A Single Man screenplay". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.