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Amy Winehouse’s life will hit the small screen as a book about her songwriting genius, drink and drug addictions, and troubled relationships is turned into an eight-part drama
- Amy Winehouse died in 2011 at the age of 27 from an overdose of alcohol and drugs
- The drama is based on the bestselling book Saving Amy by author Daphne Barak
- It will explore her addictions, her success and intense family relationships
- Book is based on 40 hours of footage, photos and interviews of the singer
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She was known as “the voice of a generation” engaged in a very public battle against her demons.
And now the turbulent life of ‘Back to Black’ singer Amy Winehouse, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 27, is being turned into an eight-part drama.
Based on the bestselling book Saving Amy, by author and filmmaker Daphne Barak, the project will chart the star’s troubled relationships, her addiction to drugs and alcohol, and the signature voice and genius of writing songs that led to her extraordinary success. bring.
It also explores the intense relationships she had with her family, including her father, Mitch.
The turbulent life of ‘Back to Black’ singer Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011 at the age of 27, is turned into an eight-part drama
Her short-lived marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil – they divorced in 2009 – was reportedly plagued with violence and self-harm (pictured in 2007)
The rights to the book have been bought by Halcyon Studio, who are looking to bring it to life as a scripted TV series starring veteran British writer and producer Mal Young, who has worked on dramas such as Doctor Who, Casualty and Holby City.
The book, which has been translated into half a dozen languages, was based on the six months that filmmaker Mrs. Barak and producer Erbil Gunasti spent with the singer and her family in London, Switzerland and St. Lucia.
Amy spent eight months on the Caribbean island writing and recording her third album, which was never released in 2009.
By this time, Amy’s erratic behavior had spiraled out of control, with substance abuse beginning to threaten her career.
Fielder-Civil said he introduced the singer to heroin and crack cocaine
The book, based on 40 hours of footage, photos and interviews, revealed how frail she had become
Based on the bestselling book Saving Amy, by author and filmmaker Daphne Barak, the project will chart the star’s troubled relationships, her addiction to drugs and alcohol, and the signature voice and songwriting genius that led to her extraordinary success.
Her short-lived marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil — they divorced in 2009 — was reportedly plagued with violence and self-harm, and he said he introduced the singer to heroin and crack cocaine.
The book, based on 40 hours of footage, photos and interviews, revealed how frail she had become, and the struggle she faced trying to write music just a few years after the huge success of her second album, Back to Black, which is one of the best-selling albums in British history.
She died in July 2011 of an overdose of alcohol and drugs.
Halcyon Studio chief executive, David Ellender, said the team was “honoured” to be working on the project.
He said: “While her career was far too short, Amy was the voice of a generation and we look forward to telling her story in the most poignant way possible.”