Born: 06/25/1925   Kalamazoo , MI
Parents: William Treve and Stella Briley
Spouse: Dorothy Louise Reichart
Children: Dennis Patrick, Paul Christian, Mary Sydney, Shaun William
Address(es):
Permanent :
24 Highland Rd.
Amersham, Buckinghamshire  
England

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Molokai : The Story of Father Damien - Screenplay about Father Damien and the leper colony at Kalaupapa; also associate producer.[5] Nominated for the AFI Award.[	Drama	Adult	Motion International	1999
	The First Stone	Fiction	Adult	New York: William Morrow	1997
	The Warriors of the Rainbow - Screenplay about Greenpeace; based on Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement by Robert Hunter	Drama	Adult		1992
	Christopher Columbus: The Discovery - Screenplay with Cary Bates and Mario Puzo	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Warner Brothers	1992
	Sandino - Screenplay about Augusto César Sandino, inspiration for the Sandinistas	Non Fiction , Drama	Adult	TriStar Films	1990
	Cry Freedom - Screenplay based on the books Biko and Asking for trouble by Donald Woods.	Drama	Adult	Universal City, Calif:Universal Pictures	1987
	Tai-Pan - Screenplay with Stanley Mann; based on the novel Tai-Pan by James Clavell	Drama	Adult	DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group	1986
	Marie - Screenplay about Marie Ragghianti; based on the book by Peter Maas	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists	1985
	Enigma - Screenplay based on the novel by Michael Barak	Drama	Adult	Embassy	1982
	Gandhi : the screenplay - with a foreword by Sir Richard Attenborough. Motion picture produced by Columbia Pictures.	Drama	Adult , Teen	New York : Grove Press	1982 -1983
	Eagle's Wing - Screenplay based on a Western; story by Michael Syson	Drama	Adult	Rank	1979
	The Last Dance - Novel	Fiction	Adult	Secker & Warburg	1978
	The Medusa Touch - Screenplay based on the novel The Medusa Touch by Peter Van Greenaway	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Warner Brothers	1978
	So Who Needs Men! - Play. Briley also directed	Drama	Adult	First produced at Northampton Repertory Theatre	1976
	That Lucky Touch - Screenplay	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: United Artists	1975
	Pope Joan - Screenplay	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Columbia Pictures	1972
	The Traitors - Published in England as How Sleep the Brave by Transworld (Publication Years: 1968, 1971)	Fiction	Adult	Putnam	1968 -1971
	Airbase - Television Series	Drama	Adult	BBC-TV	1965
	Seven Bob a Buck - Play. Briley also acted in it.[35] Televised on BBC2 as See America First on 28 November 1964.	Drama	Adult	First produced at Hampstead Theatre Club	1964
	Children of the Damned - Screenplay. horror sequel to Village of the Damned	Drama	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1964
	Postman's Knock - Screenplay with Jack Trevor Story	Fiction	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1962
	Hits and Misses - Teleplay	Non Fiction	Adult	BBC-TV	1962
	Invasion Quartet - Screenplay with Jack Trevor Story	Fiction	Adult	Los Angeles, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1961
	Other works: - Contributor to Shakespeare Survey and Shakespeare Quarterly	Non Fiction	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Contemporary Authors says, "I became a screenwriter by accident. I began writing for the stage, but felt I would someday sit in a university lecturing to pretty girls and write the great American novel. When the chance came, however, I realized that like most people of my generation, I had really been more influenced by the screen than by what I had read."..."Briley considers his most important work to be his novel on the Vietnam War, The Traitors."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Academy Award for Screenplay written directly for the screen, "Gandhi"	1982
Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay - "Gandhi"	1982
Phi Kappa Phi

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