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- Birth nameWilliam Benedict Nicholson
- William Nicholson was born on January 12, 1948 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Les Misérables (2012), Gladiator (2000) and Unbroken (2014). He has been married to Virginia Nicholson since 1988. They have three children.
- SpouseVirginia Nicholson(1988 - present) (3 children)
- Has twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1991 for "Shadowlands" and in 2004 for "The Retreat from Moscow."
- Nicholson's wife, Virginia, is the daughter of Quentin Bell, granddaughter of painter Vanessa Bell, and the great-niece of writer Virginia Woolf. A writer herself, she chronicled her Bohemian grandparents' generation in "Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939" (William Morrow, 2002).
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Drama and Literature. He is a screenwriter and author in Lewes, East Sussex, England.
- Directed about 50 documentaries for the BBC, mid-1970s to mid-1980s
- The first book in Nicholson's 'Wind on Fire' trilogy, 'The Wind Singer', won the Smarties Gold award and a Blue Peter best book award.
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