Writer
Alun Owen
100 years · Menai Bridge, Wales · 17 films
Alun Davies Owen (24 November 1925 – 6 December 1994) was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Best known for
Filmography 17
The Beatles
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Things They Said Today
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Unexplained Laughter
1989 · Writer
Lucky
1974 · Writer
Pal
1971 · Writer
No Trams to Lime Street
1970 · Writer
Male of the Species
1969 · Writer
Charlie
1968 · Writer
George's Room
1967 · Writer
A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
The Servant
1963 · People in Restaurant: Curate
On Tubi TV
Lena, O My Lena
1960 · Writer
The Criminal
1960 · Screenplay
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · TV Producer
In the Wake of a Stranger
1959 · Ferris
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Narrator (voice)
On OVID
Valley of Song
1953 · Pritchard