David Edwin Ambrose (born 21 February 1943) is a British novelist, screenwriter and playwright whose credits include at least 20 Hollywood films, three stage plays, and many hours of television, including the controversial Alternative 3. He was born in Chorley, England, and attended Blackburn Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford.[1] His screenplay for The Survivor (1980, directed by David Hemmings) won the Best Script award at Sitges Film Festival in Spain. He was married from 1979 until her death in 2019 to the artist and sculptor Laurence Ambrose. His film Comeback, which he wrote and directed, was nominated for the Prix Italia in 1989.