David Jeremy Nicholas Appleton (born 1969) is a Northern Irish journalist, screenwriter and film director.
[citation needed] 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.
[1] As they continued to write scripts, Appleton wished to direct a full-length feature.
Appleton and Keeble adapted Robert van Gulik’s ‘Judge Dee’ historical mystery novels for a new Chinese-British television series.