Fatal Attraction (1987)

Born in London, England; son of director Basil Dearden (1911-1971); educated at New College, Oxford. First made his name with the screenplay for FATAL ATTRACTION (1987), which was itself based on a 47-minute film he had written and directed in Britain (DIVERSION, 1980). Dearden made a capable directorial debut with PASCALI'S ISLAND (1988), a meditative spy thriller set in pre-WW I Greece. Other writer/director credits include THE CONTRAPTION (1977), PANIC (1978, writer only), "The Cold Room" (1984, TV), A KISS BEFORE DYING (1991), LOW AND SLOW (1997, assoc. prod. only), ROGUE TRADER (1999, aka TRADER - also producer), and BELLE DU SEIGNEUR (2008, writer only).  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1987: FATAL ATTRACTION 1 nomination