What author wrote a short story that was adapted for a film by an English theatre and film director and producer whose career spanned five decades?
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, published in 1959 as part of a short story collection of the same name. The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime. The boy turns to long-distance running as a method of both an emotional and a physical escape from his situation. The story was adapted for a 1962 film of the same title, with Sillitoe writing the screenplay and Tony Richardson directing. The part of Smith (now called Colin) was played by Tom Courtenay.
The Hood Maker The Hood Maker is a short story by Philip K. Dick, originally published in 1955 in the magazine "Imagination". It was adapted for television in 2017 as the first episode of "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams".