Andrew Wreggitt

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Andrew Wreggitt (born 1955) is a Canadian television writer and producer from Calgary, Alberta. [1]

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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

AwardDate of CeremonyCategoryWorkResultRef.
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 MiniseriesNominated
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 2007Movie of the Week/MiniseriesOne Dead IndianNominated
2008Shades of Black: The Conrad Black StoryNominated
2009MayerthorpeWon [11]
Sticks and StonesNominated
2013 The Phantoms Won
2017Denis McGrath AwardWon [12]
2025 Margaret Collier Award Won [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ken McGoogan, "Wreggitt keeps poetic fire burning". Calgary Herald , February 21, 1998.
  2. ↑ "Entertainment Briefs". Calgary Herald , December 20, 1989.
  3. ↑ Brian Brennan, "Drumming up the beast". Calgary Herald , September 26, 1992.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Bob Blakey, "North of 60 reincarnates as made-for-TV movie: New movie could lead to future reunions". Calgary Herald , July 28, 1998.
  6. ↑ Bonnie Malleck, "CBC premires Calgary comedy-drama". Hamilton Spectator , February 25, 2002.
  7. ↑ "Major Gemini Awards nominations". Toronto Star , September 22, 1999.
  8. ↑ "Cancelled CBC drama gets 12 Gemini nods". Waterloo Region Record , August 30, 2006.
  9. ↑ Ales Strachan, "Mayerthorpe among Calgary's TV winners". Calgary Herald , October 23, 2008.
  10. ↑ "2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety – winners". Chino Kino, March 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Screenwriters honoured at annual ceremony". Nanaimo Daily News , April 23, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Letterkenny, X Company among WGC Screenwriting Awards winners". The Globe and Mail , April 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ Nicholas Sokic, "Andrew Wreggit to receive WGC’s Margaret Collier Award". Playback , March 18, 2025.
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