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{{Short description|Scottish screenwriter (born 1987)}}
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'''Krysty Norma Lesley Wilson-Cairns'''<ref name=CH/> (born 26 May 1987) is a Scottish screenwriter. Born and raised in Glasgow, she studied at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]] and the [[National Film and Television School]]. During her teenage years, she was a runner on television series including the detective show ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]''. Her script for the unproduced science fiction thriller ''Aether'' made the 2014 [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] and led to a staff writer role on the television show ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]''. Her feature film debut was the screenplay for the [[Sam Mendes]]-directed 2019 war film ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''. She co-wrote it with Mendes and received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] and the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]].

==Early life and education==
Wilson-Cairns was born on 26 May 1987<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08949031/officers|publisher=Companies House|title=We Write At Dawn Limited|access-date=12 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113000859/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08949031/officers|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CAp3DFkp5FP/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CAp3DFkp5FP |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=This work of art also contains cake. Thank you @paula_mcgann. And to you and @gabriellasybs for the doorstep serenade|publisher=Instagram|last=Wilson-Cairns|first=Krysty|date=26 May 2020|access-date=7 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in [[Glasgow]], Scotland.<ref name=Smith>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/18128889.1917-krysty-wilson-cairns---a-young-woman-writing-war-movie-thought-never-get-chance/|title=1917: Krysty Wilson-Cairns – 'A young woman writing a war movie? I thought I'd never get the chance'|work=The Herald (Glasgow)|date=5 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|last=Smith|first=Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125747/https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/18128889.1917-krysty-wilson-cairns---a-young-woman-writing-war-movie-thought-never-get-chance/|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> She grew up in the [[Shawlands]] area of the city in a single-parent household. Wilson-Cairns attended the [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[Craigholme School]]. Her grandparents partly funded her place at the school.<ref name=Smith/> At the age of 15, she had a work experience placement on the Scottish detective show ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Krysty Wilson-Cairns on Glasgow|url=https://www.ionedinburgh.com/whats-on/films/krysty-wilson-cairns-on-glasgow|work=i-on|date=27 June 2017|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113000905/https://www.ionedinburgh.com/whats-on/films/krysty-wilson-cairns-on-glasgow|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The series had used the mechanic shop that her father worked in as a set and she reports watching the filming of it during her summer holidays.<ref name=Smith/><ref name=Parker/> She became a runner on the show as well as on other television series including ''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]'' and ''[[Lip Service (TV series)|Lip Service]]''.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJGAPSQyhi4|website=BBC The Social (YouTube)|date=3 September 2017|access-date=12 January 2020|title=How I Became A Screenwriter}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|website=The Filmmakers Podcast|title='1917' Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns joins Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir & Robbie McKane|date=7 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|time=37:47|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125750/http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wilson-Cairns had initially aspired to study physics and become an engineer but her on set experiences as a runner fostered her interest in working in the film industry.<ref name=Parker>{{cite news|date=21 December 2019|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1917-writer-honed-her-talent-in-the-trenches-of-taggart-6dr5r8hjx|work=The Sunday Times|title=1917 writer honed her talent in the trenches of Taggart|last1=Parker|first1=Charlie|last2=Sweeney|first2=Chris|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125750/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1917-writer-honed-her-talent-in-the-trenches-of-taggart-6dr5r8hjx|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> She studied Digital Film and Television at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]] (RCS), and graduated in 2009.<ref name=RCS>{{cite web|website=Royal Conservatoire of Scotland|url=https://review.rcs.ac.uk/screen-queen/|title=Screen Queen|last=Dougan|first=Andy|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113000858/https://review.rcs.ac.uk/screen-queen/|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first creative work at the RCS was a short story about killer guinea pigs.<ref name=Smith/><ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|website=The Filmmakers Podcast|title='1917' Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns joins Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir & Robbie McKane|date=7 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|time=34:45|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125750/http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> She credits her ambition to become a screenwriter on being inspired by one of her lecturers at the RCS, screenwriter [[Richard Smith (screenwriter)|Richard Smith]].<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|website=The Filmmakers Podcast|title='1917' Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns joins Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir & Robbie McKane|date=7 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|time=34:30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125750/http://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns-joins-giles-alderson-dom-lenoir-robbie-mckane/|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> She then spent a year working at the BBC Comedy Unit, before moving to London where she gained an MA in Screenwriting from the [[National Film and Television School]] (NFTS) in 2013.<ref name=RCS/><ref name=Harkness>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/glasgow-s-krysty-wilson-cairns-on-co-writing-golden-globe-winner-1917-i-ve-been-writing-for-five-years-and-this-is-my-first-movie-that-has-been-made-1-5070881|title=Glasgow's Krysty Wilson-Cairns on co-writing Golden Globe winner 1917: 'I've been writing for five years and this is my first movie that has been made'|work=The Scotsman|date=6 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|last=Harkness|first=Alistair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125750/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/glasgow-s-krysty-wilson-cairns-on-co-writing-golden-globe-winner-1917-i-ve-been-writing-for-five-years-and-this-is-my-first-movie-that-has-been-made-1-5070881|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> While studying at the NFTS, she worked as a bartender in The Toucan, an Irish pub in [[Soho]], and developed script ideas during her downtime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/after-a-decade-of-bond-sam-mendes-gets-personal-with-world-war-i-epic-1917|title=After a decade of Bond, Sam Mendes gets personal with World War I epic '1917'|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=24 December 2019|last=Johnson|first=G. Allen|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113013036/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/after-a-decade-of-bond-sam-mendes-gets-personal-with-world-war-i-epic-1917|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-said-war-movies-are-a-mans-world-jwmwhn8cw|work=The Sunday Times|title=Who said war movies are a man's world?|last=Synnot|first=Siobhan|date=5 January 2020|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109000311/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-said-war-movies-are-a-mans-world-jwmwhn8cw|archive-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

==Career==
Wilson-Cairns sold her first film script to [[FilmNation Entertainment]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/filmnation-scores-sci-fi-thriller-spec-aether-698400/|website=Deadline Hollywood|title=FilmNation Scores Sci-Fi Thriller Spec 'Aether'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=13 March 2014|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053854/https://deadline.com/2014/03/filmnation-scores-sci-fi-thriller-spec-aether-698400/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It was for the science fiction thriller project ''Aether'', which provided her breakthrough after it made the top ten of the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/black-list-2014-winners-announcement-screenplays-1201325735/|website=Deadline Hollywood|title='Catherine The Great' Leads The Blacklist 2014: Full List — Update|last1=Bloom|first1=David|last2=Yamato|first2=Jen|date=15 December 2014|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122042917/https://deadline.com/2014/12/black-list-2014-winners-announcement-screenplays-1201325735/|archive-date=22 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Refinery29>{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/01/9133173/krysty-wilson-cairns-1917-movie-writer|website=Refinery29|title=Meet The 32-Year-Old Woman Who Co-Wrote The Best War Movie Of The Year|access-date=12 January 2020|date=3 January 2020|last=Cohen|first=Anna|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125748/https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/01/9133173/krysty-wilson-cairns-1917-movie-writer|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/krysty-wilson-cairns-uk-stars-of-tomorrow-2014/5072723.article|work=Screen International|title=Krysty Wilson-Cairns, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014|last=Halligan|first=Fionnuala|date=5 June 2014|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> The script was read by screenwriter [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] who hired her as a staff writer on his television show ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]'' in 2015.<ref name=RCS/> She also contributed to its comic book series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/05/interview-a-conversation-with-tv-and-comic-scriptwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns/|title=Interview: A conversation with TV and comic scriptwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns|website=Flickering Myth|date=14 May 2016|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> After this, her first writing commission was for a potential film adaptation, to be directed by [[Tobias Lindholm]], of Charles Graeber's non-fiction book ''The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/darren-aronofsky-eyes-true-story-serial-killer-pic-the-good-nurse-269286/|website=IndieWire|date=11 December 2014|title=Darren Aronofsky Eyes True Story Serial Killer Pic 'The Good Nurse'|access-date=12 January 2020|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113000856/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/darren-aronofsky-eyes-true-story-serial-killer-pic-the-good-nurse-269286/|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-good-nurse-1202898538/|work=Variety|date=7 August 2018|access-date=13 January 2020|title=Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne in Talks to Star in Thriller 'The Good Nurse'|last=McNary|first=Dave|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113195434/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-good-nurse-1202898538/|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Filmmaker [[Sam Mendes]] was impressed by her [[Film treatment|treatment]], and suggested collaborating on a future film project.<ref>{{cite podcast|time=05:24|url=https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/13995-1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns/|title=The Script Lab Podcast: Krysty Wilson-Cairns — Co-Writer of '1917' with Director Sam Mendes|website=The Script Lab Podcast|access-date=14 January 2020|date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115011345/https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/13995-1917-screenwriter-krysty-wilson-cairns/|archive-date=15 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> They had previously met while working on ''Penny Dreadful'', for which he was an executive producer, and worked on two potential projects together.<ref name=THR>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/1917-how-write-a-one-shot-script-fly-blind-make-it-up-as-we-go-along-1265330|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='1917' and How to Write a One-Shot Script: "Fly Blind and Make It Up as We Go Along"|last=Ritman|first=Alex|date=3 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115011343/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/1917-how-write-a-one-shot-script-fly-blind-make-it-up-as-we-go-along-1265330|archive-date=15 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> This included a film adaptation of [[Gay Talese]]'s book ''The Voyeur's Motel'' and an ''[[Invisibilia]]'' podcast.<ref name=Diana>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/international-disruptors-1917-the-good-nurse-scribe-krysty-wilson-cairns-on-collaborating-with-top-creatives-her-mission-to-empower-young-talent-through-her-banner-good-company-1235245208/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=9 February 2023|accessdate=8 March 2023|title=International Disruptors: '1917' & 'The Good Nurse' Scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns On Collaborating With Top Creatives & Her Mission To Empower Young Talent Through Her Banner Great Company|last=Lodderhose|first=Diana}}</ref> However, both projects fell through due to licensing issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/the-voyeurs-motel-movie-sam-mendes-steven-speilberg-krysty-wilson-cairns-1201767942/|title='The Voyeur's Motel' Moving Forward, Sets Scribe With Krysty Wilson-Cairns|last=Busch|first=Anita|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=6 June 2016|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801150903/https://deadline.com/2016/06/the-voyeurs-motel-movie-sam-mendes-steven-speilberg-krysty-wilson-cairns-1201767942/|archive-date=1 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Polygon>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/26/20980602/1917-writer-krysty-wilson-cairns-sam-mendes-edgar-wright-movie-interview|website=Polygon|title=1917 writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns funneled WWI obsessions into the single-shot epic|last=Bramesco|first=Charles|date=26 November 2019|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128174955/https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/26/20980602/1917-writer-krysty-wilson-cairns-sam-mendes-edgar-wright-movie-interview|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she was named as one of ''[[Forbes]]''{{′}} 30 under 30 in the Hollywood and Entertainment category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/krysty-wilson-cairns/#2e3530c53e46|website=Forbes|title=Krysty Wilson-Cairns|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111125749/https://www.forbes.com/profile/krysty-wilson-cairns/#2e3530c53e46|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Her feature film debut was the screenplay for Mendes' [[World War I]]  film ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]'' (2019) which she co-wrote.<ref name=THR/> The film follows two young British soldiers on a mission to warn a fellow battalion of a German ambush, and is shot to appear as if it is [[One-shot film|one continuous take]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/1917-review-sam-mendes-first-world-war-ww1-unblinking-vision-one-shot|title=1917 review – Sam Mendes's unblinking vision of the hell of war|last=Kermode|first=Mark|work=The Observer|date=12 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112081315/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/1917-review-sam-mendes-first-world-war-ww1-unblinking-vision-one-shot|archive-date=12 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> To help develop the script, she travelled to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War I in northern France with her mother and read frontline diaries at the [[Imperial War Museum]].<ref name=Smith/><ref>{{cite web|title=Krysty Wilson-Cairns on writing 1917|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-jrWnTe7x0|website=Imperial War Museums (YouTube)|date=8 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> For her work on the film, Wilson-Cairns received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]],<ref name=Oscar/><ref name=WGA/> and shared the [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film]].<ref name=BAFTA/> She was named as one of the 10 Screenwriters to Watch by the trade magazine ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in their 2019 list.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/variety-10-screenwriters-to-watch-2019-1203318695/|work=Variety|title=Variety Announces 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2019|access-date=12 January 2020|date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205123007/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/variety-10-screenwriters-to-watch-2019-1203318695/|archive-date=5 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2020, she co-founded Great Company with producer Jack Ivins.<ref name=CH>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12952670/officers|title=Great Company Entertainment Limited|publisher=Companies House|access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref> The following year, the company signed a two-year film deal with [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=D'Alessandro|first1=Anthony|date=27 October 2020|title=Universal Closes Deal With 'Last Night In Soho' Scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns & Jack Ivins' Great Company|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/universal-production-last-night-in-soho-krysty-wilson-cairns-1234863497/|access-date=28 October 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
She co-wrote the screenplay of [[Edgar Wright]]'s psychological horror ''[[Last Night in Soho]]'' (2021), and had a cameo as a bartender.<ref name=Polygon/><ref name=Xan>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/04/last-night-in-soho-review-a-gaudy-romp-thats-stupidly-enjoyable|work=The Guardian|title=Last Night in Soho review – a gaudy romp that's stupidly enjoyable|last=Brooks|first=Xan|date=4 September 2021|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> The following year, she wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Good Nurse]]'', an adaptation of the Charles Graeber novel, which was first announced in 2014 as her first writing commission.<ref name=Good>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/netflix-eddie-redmayne-nnamdi-asomugha-jessica-chastain-good-nurse-1234721776/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=25 March 2021|access-date=8 September 2021|title=Nnamdi Asomugha Joins Jessica Chastain & Eddie Redmayne In Netflix Buzz Thriller 'The Good Nurse'|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas}}</ref> The film was about the serial killer nurse [[Charles Cullen]] and [[Intensive care medicine|intensive care]] nurse [[Amy Loughren]] who helped to convict him. Wilson-Cairns spent a fortnight working in a [[Burn center|burns unit]] in a hospital in [[Connecticut]] to learn about the American healthcare system to develop the script.<ref name=Diana/> For her work on the film, she received a nomination for Best Writer Film/Television at the 2023 [[British Academy Scotland Awards]].<ref name=TGN/>

Her upcoming projects include an adaptation of journalist [[Evan Ratliff]]'s book ''The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.'' about programmer-turned-drug cartel boss [[Paul Le Roux]], for an [[Amazon Studios]] crime drama series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/mastermind-crime-drama-produced-by-noah-hawley-russo-brothers-skybound-in-works-at-amazon-1202816475/|website=Deadline Hollywood|title='Mastermind' Crime Drama Produced By Noah Hawley, Russo Brothers & Skybound In Works At Amazon|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=23 December 2019|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224012727/https://deadline.com/2019/12/mastermind-crime-drama-produced-by-noah-hawley-russo-brothers-skybound-in-works-at-amazon-1202816475/|archive-date=24 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/writer-of-1917-turns-to-crime-for-next-film-8rvfhwq0n|work=The Times|title=Writer of 1917 turns to crime for next film|last=Marland|first=Ian|date=4 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115020719/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/writer-of-1917-turns-to-crime-for-next-film-8rvfhwq0n|archive-date=15 January 2020|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> She is also writing the screenplay for a biopic on the Egyptian Queen [[Cleopatra]] directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]], based on [[Stacy Schiff]]'s biography ''[[Cleopatra: A Life]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/6589871/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two-interview/|work=Time|date=31 January 2024|accessdate=10 February 2024|last=Zacharek|first=Stephanie|title=Denis Villeneuve Refuses to Let Hollywood Shrink Him Down to Size}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
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!scope=row|2019
|''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''
|Co-written with [[Sam Mendes]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Oscar>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Oscars: Nominations List|date=13 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020|last1=Nordyke|first1=Kimberly|last2=Konerman|first2=Jennifer|last3=Strause|first3=Jackie|last4=Howard|first4=Annie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113135105/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=WGA>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/movies/writers-guild-nominations.html|title=Writers Guild Nominations: 'Parasite,' 'Marriage Story,' 'Joker' and More|date=6 January 2020|access-date=7 January 2020|last=Buchanan|first=Kyle|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107000406/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/movies/writers-guild-nominations.html|archive-date=7 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BAFTA>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-winners-2020-1203489832/|work=Variety|title='1917' Rules Over BAFTAs With Seven Wins; 'Joker' Takes Three|date=2 February 2020|access-date=3 February 2020|last=Dams|first=Tim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202193232/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-winners-2020-1203489832/|archive-date=2 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|2021
|''[[Last Night in Soho]]''
|Co-written with [[Edgar Wright]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Xan/>
|-
!scope=row|2022
|''{{sortname|The|Good Nurse}}''
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Good/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/11/good-nurse-review-jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-netflix|title=The Good Nurse review – Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne impress in killer thriller|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=16 October 2022|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Notes
!scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope=row|2016
|''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]''
|Writer
| 2 episodes: "No Beast So Fierce", "Perpetual Night"<br>Also staff writer in season 3
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=RCS/><ref name=Refinery29/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/penny-dreadful-no-beast-so-fierce-review/|title=Penny Dreadful: No Beast So Fierce Review|publisher=Den of Geek|date=6 June 2016|accessdate=10 December 2022|last=Sokol|first=Tony}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Award
! scope="col"|Date
! scope="col"|Category
! scope="col"|Work
! scope="col"|Result
! scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"|[[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
|[[72nd Writers Guild of America Awards|1 February 2020]]
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]''
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=WGA/>
|-
! scope="row"|[[British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[73rd British Academy Film Awards|2 February 2020]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]]
|''1917''
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=BAFTA/>
|-
! scope="row"|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[92nd Academy Awards|9 February 2020]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|''1917''
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Oscar/>
|-
! scope="row"|[[British Academy Scotland Awards]]
|19 November 2023
|Best Writer Film/Television
|''{{sortname|The|Good Nurse}}''
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=TGN>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/bafta-scotland-awards-2023-full-nominations-list|publisher=BAFTA Scotland|accessdate=28 January 2024|title=BAFTA Scotland Awards 2023: Full List of Nominations}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|nm4880670}}

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