Jack Pulman (11 July 1925 - 29 May 1979) was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novels I Claudius and Clavdivs the God by Robert Graves.Born and raised in London, Pulman was renowned as "adaptor-extraordinary," having written teleplays for such literary works as Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, and War and Peace.He died of a heart attack in London on May 29, 1979. His last screenplay, Private Schulz, went into production after his death. His widow collected a posthumous writers award from The Royal Television Society for his work on the show in 1982.He also wrote the screenplay for the 1970 film The Executioner.
Jack Pulman was a prolific writer for British television, specializing in large-scale literary adaptations such as "War And Peace" and "I, Claudius", both of which were initially considered to be impossible to adapt for TV. Pulman's early death from a heart condition was considered a great loss; his last scripts were for an original mini-series, "Private Schultz", not aired until nearly two years after his death.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Out of the Unknown
1969
TV Series adaptation - 1 episode
The Portrait of a Lady
1968
TV Series dramatised by - 6 episodes
Matchless
1967
Boy Meets Girl
1967
TV Series dramatisation
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966
Dem Himmel näher
1965
TV Movie
Buddenbrooks
1965
TV Mini-Series adaptation - 1 episode
A Little Big Business
TV Series 1 episode, 1965 writer - 3 episodes, 1964 - 1965
Ne mozes imati sve
1964
TV Movie
Still Life
1963
TV Movie
Festival
1962
TV Series 1 episode
Alle I unge elskende
1962
TV Movie play
A Book with Chapters in It
1961
TV Movie
The Best of Enemies
1961
screenplay
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1961
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Nach all der Zeit
1960
TV Movie play
Ein Fingerhut voll Mut
1960
TV Movie play
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
TV Series script - 1 episode, 1959 writer - 1 episode, 1959