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David Jeremy Nicholas Appleton (born 1969) is a Northern Irish journalist, screenwriter and film director.
Dudi, as he has been known since a child, attended Central Acting School in London. Though he acted in plays and film, he was more attracted to writing, where he became a travel journalist for The Standard, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph broadsheets.
He has written scripts for Disney, Miramax, Warner Brothers and Scott Free and has worked with directors such as Oliver Stone and Sir Ridley Scott developing adaptations and screenplays. In television, Appleton wrote for series such as Inspector George Gently, Silent Witness and co-created and wrote the crime drama Wild Bill for ITV. Appleton has also directed television, for series such as Signora Volpe.
Appleton and Keeble adapted Robert van Gulik’s ‘Judge Dee’ historical mystery novels for a new Chinese-British television series. In 2024, Youku released the series, Judge Dee's Mystery, which also streamed on Netflix.
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