Piers Paul Read

Piers Paul Read was born on Mar 07, 1941 in UK. Piers Paul Read's big-screen debut came with Alive directed by Frank Marshall in 1993. Piers Paul Read is known for Alive directed by Frank Marshall, Ethan Hawke stars as Nando Parrado and Vincent Spano as Antonio Balbi. The upcoming new movie Piers Paul Read plays is Monk Dawson which will be released on Jul 31, 1998.

The son of famous art historian Herbert Read, Piers Paul Read studied at Cambridge and started his career as a critic for the Times Literary Supplement. His debut novel, "Game in Heaven" with Tussy Marx (1966), written while he was in Berlin, was considered one of the most promising of the decade. His other notable novel is "The Junkers" (1968).