Background
His mother is of Israeli origin and his father was to become Chief Crown Prosecutor of Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
His mother is of Israeli origin and his father was to become Chief Crown Prosecutor of Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Appleton attended Rockport School in Holywood, County Down, and then Campbell College in Belfast before attending Jesus College, Oxford, where he read English. 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. The first which was filmed was A Sort Of Homecoming (1994) which was a short based and filmed in Strangford Lough in County Down. As they continued to write scripts, Appleton wished to direct a full length feature.
He has since been writing scripts for Disney, Miramax, Warner Brothers and Scott Free and has worked with directors such as Oliver Stone and Sir Ridley Scott developing adaptations and screenplays.
