Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The

Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The

Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut

at the Royal Court, Some Voices, won the John Whiting Award for best new play.

His National Theatre play Blue/Orange won an Olivier Award, an Evening

Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and

produced the BAFTA winning BBC serial Moses

Jones and his feature film of Some Voices starred Daniel Craig and

premiered in competition at the Cannes Film festival . This was followed

by Enduring Love, also starring Daniel Craig, based on Ian McEwan's

novel; and his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road, starring

Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, which premiered in competition at the

Venice Film Festival in 2009.