Neil Paterson

Neil Paterson was Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He originally attended university with the intention of following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a solicitor, but quickly realized his passion laid with football after joining Edinburgh University AFC. He played for Buckie Thistle in the Highland League, and for Leith Athletic in the Scottish League and was captain of Dundee United in the 1936–37 season. He then decided to quit the sport and turned to sports journalism, landing a position with DC Thomson. He married Rose MacKenzie in 1939 and joined the Navy during the Second World War. After the war, he returned to writing and published his first novel On my Faithless Arm in 1946 under the pseudonym John Kovack. His second novel, The China Run: Being the biography of a great-grandmother, was published two years later. In 1951, Hodder & Stoughton published a collection of short stories titled And Delilah: Nine stories. The collection included a short story named Scotch Settlement, which was adapted by Paterson himself into the screenplay for the film The Kidnappers and kickstarted his career as a screenwriter. In 1959, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Room on Top, based on the novel of the same name by John Braine.

尼尔·帕特森是苏格兰小说家兼编剧。他最初进入大学时打算追随父亲的脚步成为一名律师，但在加入爱丁堡大学足球俱乐部后，他很快发现自己对足球充满热情。他曾效力于高地联赛的巴基蓟花俱乐部和苏格兰联赛的利斯竞技俱乐部，并在1936-37赛季担任邓迪联队队长。之后他决定退出体坛，转而从事体育新闻工作，并在DC Thomson公司谋得职位。1939年他与罗斯·麦肯齐结婚，二战期间加入海军。战后他重拾写作，于1946年以约翰·科瓦克的笔名出版了首部小说《在我无信仰的臂膀上》。两年后出版第二部小说《中国之旅：一位曾祖母的传记》。1951年，霍德与斯托顿公司出版了他的短篇小说集《黛利拉：九个故事》，其中收录的短篇《苏格兰定居点》由帕特森亲自改编为电影《绑架者》的剧本，由此开启了他的编剧生涯。1959年，他根据约翰·布莱恩同名小说改编的剧本《金屋泪》荣获奥斯卡最佳改编剧本奖。

尼爾·帕特森是蘇格蘭小説家兼編劇。他最初進入大學時打算追隨父親的腳步成為一名律師，但在加入愛丁堡大學足球俱樂部後，他很快發現自己對足球充滿熱情。他曾效力於高地聯賽的巴基薊花俱樂部和蘇格蘭聯賽的利斯競技俱樂部，並在 1936 - 37 賽季擔任鄧迪聯隊隊長。之後他決定退出體壇，轉而從事體育新聞工作，並在 DC Thomson 公司謀得職位。1939 年他與羅斯·麥肯齊結婚，二戰期間加入海軍。戰後他重拾寫作，於 1946 年以約翰·科瓦克的筆名出版了首部小説《在我無信仰的臂膀上》。兩年後出版第二部小説《中國之旅：一位曾祖母的傳記》。1951 年，霍德與斯托頓公司出版了他的短篇小説集《黛利拉：九個故事》，其中收錄的短篇《蘇格蘭定居點》由帕特森親自改編為電影《綁架者》的劇本，由此開啓了他的編劇生涯。1959 年，他根據約翰·布萊恩同名小説改編的劇本《金屋淚》榮獲奧斯卡最佳改編劇本獎。