Lesley Paterson
Writing
Biography
Lesley Paterson (born 12 October 1980) is a Scottish triathlete, author, screenwriter and film producer. She won the 2011, 2012 and 2018 XTERRA Triathlon World Championships, as well as the 2012 and 2018 editions of the World Triathlon Cross Championships. She co-wrote a screenplay with Ian Stokell based on the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and acquired an option on the film rights for the book in 2006. The book was eventually produced as the 2022 epic film of the same name, distributed by Netflix. Paterson won the 2022 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, sharing it with Stokell and director Edward Berger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lesley Paterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
All Quiet on the Western Front
A group of college students embarking on a cross country road trip to the Burning Man Festival find themselves stranded in desert. Come nightfall a vicious predatory monster comes out searching for a meal. Will anyone survive the nocturnal attacks from this ferocious beast?
The Craving
Follow the resilience, the overcoming of obstacles and the female emancipation of Bertha Benz, who defied social norms and went on a groundbreaking road trip to prove the potential of her husband's invention, the world's first automobile.
Untitled Bertha Benz Film
A feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl's classic treatise.