Sophie Petzal

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Sophie Petzal
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)
Brighton, UK
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityBritish
Period2012–
GenreDrama
Notable awards Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award (2012)
Best Long-Form Drama at the Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards (2020)

Sophie Petzal (born 4 November 1990) is a British screenwriter, best known for creating the Irish crime drama, Blood .

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Career

Having written comedy shorts as a child, Petzal first gained attention with her script The God Committee, one of the winners of All Mixed Up, a competition run in conjunction with the Triforce Creative Network and BBC Comedy. The script secured her an agent. [1] While studying screenwriting at Bournemouth University, Petzal secured a place as a BBC Production Trainee. Her script Sanctioned won the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award at the International Emmys. [2]

Following a trainee placement at CBBC in script editing, she started writing for several CBBC shows, including Wolfblood , Hetty Feather , The Dumping Ground and Danger Mouse . She subsequently moved into hour-long drama, writing episodes of Jekyll and Hyde (produced by Foz Allen, who was also the producer on Wolfblood and Hetty Feather), Medici , The Last Kingdom , and Riviera . [3]

In 2018, Petzal's first original TV drama series Blood , starring Adrian Dunbar and Carolina Main, aired on TV3 and Channel 5. [4] Her script for Blood won Best Long-Form Drama at the Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards. [5] It was renewed for a second series, which began broadcasting in April 2020. It was announced in February 2020 that Petzal was writing a four-part thriller for ITV, Hollington Drive . [6] The first episode aired on 29 September 2021. [7]

On 13 December 2020, Netflix announced that Petzal would helm an adaptation of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle . [8] On 17 January 2023, it was reported that after 2 years of development, Netflix had cancelled it. [9]

References

  1. "From BBC Writersroom scheme to full time TV writer". 12 October 2017.
  2. "Students wins International Emmy". BBC News. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "RTS Student Masterclasses: Drama with Sophie Petzal". Royal Television Society. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. "New Irish drama Blood comes to re-branded TV3". 28 June 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020 via www.rte.ie.
  5. "Blood wins Best Long-Form Drama at Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards | The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. White, Peter (24 February 2020). "ITV Nabs Thriller 'Hollington Drive' From 'Blood' Creator Sophie Petzal & All3Media's West Road Pictures" . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. Craig, David (6 October 2021). "Meet the cast of ITV's Hollington Drive" . Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. "Netflix Unveils New U.K. Projects with Sam Mendes, Rowan Atkinson, Andy Serkis". 13 December 2020.
  9. Ravindran, K. J. Yossman,Manori; Yossman, K. J.; Ravindran, Manori (17 January 2023). "Netflix Cancels 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' Adaptation After Two Years in Development (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)