Writing

T. S. Eliot

Born September 26, 1888 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died January 4, 1965 · aged 76

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a …

Known For

Cats

MovieFantasyDrama

"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.

Cats

MovieFantasyComedy

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

The Turning

The Turning · 2013

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Ashes

MovieDramaDocumentary

Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society. Are all of them acting, or only Sam Neill? The film features readings from Ash Wednesday, the poem written by TS Eliot after converting to anglicanism.

Strati

Angelise fights for her soul against her greatest enemy, doubt.

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral · 1951

Murder in the Cathedral

MovieDramaHistory

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

Four Quartets

Four Quartets · 2022

Four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, memory, experience and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.

The Waste Land

The Waste Land · 1995

A film version of a performance by Fiona Shaw of T.S. Eliot's poem.

Filmography

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Cats

MovieFantasyDrama

"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.

Musical

Cats

MovieFantasyComedy

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Lyricist

The Turning

The Turning · 2013

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Poem

Ashes

MovieDramaDocumentary

Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society. Are all of them acting, or only Sam Neill? The film features readings from Ash Wednesday, the poem written by TS Eliot after converting to anglicanism.

Writer

Strati

Angelise fights for her soul against her greatest enemy, doubt.

T.S. Eliot

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral · 1951

Murder in the Cathedral

MovieDramaHistory

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

Writer

Four Quartets

Four Quartets · 2022

Four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, memory, experience and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.

Poem

The Waste Land

The Waste Land · 1995

A film version of a performance by Fiona Shaw of T.S. Eliot's poem.

Writer

A Secret

A Secret · 2020

Set by the shore of an Oslo fjord a tactical game of chess is played between a man and his anxiety. To combat his fears he must play the match to win, understanding his existential worries and uncovering a path to ultimate freedom from fear.

Poem

The Waste Land

The Waste Land · 1999

A personal interpretation of the poetry and letters of T S Eliot which explores the ambiguities of language and space in a scenario built around an anagram.

Writer

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Till Human Voices Wake Us · 2015

Till Human Voices Wake Us

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Inspired by the Celtic myths of the Selkies - seals in water and enchanting maidens on land - who storm Manhattan when one of their kind falls for a man drowning under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Poem

The Elder Statesman

The Elder Statesman · 1962

The Elder Statesman

Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his past by the love of his daughter, his Antigone.

Original Story

The Cocktail Party

The Cocktail Party · 1952

The Cocktail Party

Troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives.

Writer

American Playhouse

American Playhouse · 1982

American Playhouse

SeriesDramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Writer

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 · 1964

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Writer