Andrew Wreggitt (born 1955) is a Canadian television writer and producer from Calgary, Alberta.[1]
He began his career as a writer for the television series The Beachcombers in the 1980s.[2] In this era he was also a writer of poetry,[1] as well as the stage play The Wild Guys in collaboration with his wife Rebecca Shaw.[3] He later became a writer for North of 60 in the 1990s, being promoted to executive story editor by 1996.[4] Following the end of the regular series in 1997, he wrote a number of standalone television films as part of the franchise.[5]
He was subsequently a writer for the drama series Black Harbour,[1] and for several of the Joanne Kilbourn series of mystery television films.
In 2002–03, he created and wrote for the detective drama Tom Stone.[6] He subsequently also wrote for the television series Heartland, Pure and Fortunate Son, and the television films Mayerthorpe, Jack, Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story and Borealis.
Awards
edit| Award | Date of Ceremony | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Awards | November 7, 1999 | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries | In the Blue Ground | Nominated | [7] |
| November 4, 2002 | Dream Storm | Nominated | |||
| October 20, 2003 | Another Country | Nominated | |||
| November 4, 2006 | One Dead Indian | Won | [8] | ||
| November 28, 2008 | Mayerthorpe | Won | [9] | ||
| Canadian Screen Awards | March 3, 2013 | Best Dramatic Miniseries or TV Movie | The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II | Nominated | |
| Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
| March 9, 2014 | Best Dramatic Miniseries or TV Movie | Borealis | Won | [10] | |
| Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries with Andrew Rai Berzins |
Won | ||||
| WGC Screenwriting Awards | 2007 | Movie of the Week/Miniseries | One Dead Indian | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Mayerthorpe | Won | [11] | ||
| Sticks and Stones | Nominated | ||||
| 2013 | The Phantoms | Won | |||
| 2017 | Denis McGrath Award | Won | [12] |
References
edit- ^ a b c Ken McGoogan, "Wreggitt keeps poetic fire burning". Calgary Herald, February 21, 1998.
- ^ "Entertainment Briefs". Calgary Herald, December 20, 1989.
- ^ Brian Brennan, "Drumming up the beast". Calgary Herald, September 26, 1992.
- ^ Ken McGoogan, "Tension boils on North of 60: This year's story line is one of CBC's `best-kept' secrets". Calgary Herald, April 22, 1996.
- ^ Bob Blakey, "North of 60 reincarnates as made-for-TV movie: New movie could lead to future reunions". Calgary Herald, July 28, 1998.
- ^ Bonnie Malleck, "CBC premires Calgary comedy-drama". Hamilton Spectator, February 25, 2002.
- ^ "Major Gemini Awards nominations". Toronto Star, September 22, 1999.
- ^ "Cancelled CBC drama gets 12 Gemini nods". Waterloo Region Record, August 30, 2006.
- ^ Ales Strachan, "Mayerthorpe among Calgary's TV winners". Calgary Herald, October 23, 2008.
- ^ "2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety – winners". Chino Kino, March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Screenwriters honoured at annual ceremony". Nanaimo Daily News, April 23, 2009.
- ^ "Letterkenny, X Company among WGC Screenwriting Awards winners". The Globe and Mail, April 26, 2017.