Andrew Wreggitt
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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, Fortunate Son and The Borderline, 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] | ||
| 2025 | Margaret Collier Award | Won | [13] |