Andrew Wreggitt

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
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
  1. 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.
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