About

Known credits:
11
Birthday:
1987-05-26
Place of birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Overview

Krysty Wilson-Cairns (born 26 May 1987) is a Scottish screenwriter. Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, she attended Craigholme School, and later studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the National Film and Television School. During her teenage years, she was a runner on television series including the detective show Taggart. Her script for the unproduced science fiction thriller Aether made the 2014 Black List and led to a staff writer role on the television show Penny Dreadful. Her feature film debut was the screenplay for the Sam Mendes-directed 2019 war film 1917. She co-wrote it with Mendes and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Known for

Acting
2020 Allied Forces: Making 1917 Actor Self 59
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Writing
2022 The Good Nurse Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
2021 Last Night in Soho Writing Screenplay 71
Good
2019 1917 Writing Screenplay 79
Good
2013 Fink Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Dollface Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Musical Star Writing Lyricist N/A
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2013 Musical Star Writing Writer N/A
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2012 All Men's Dead Writing Writer N/A
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2011 The End of an Era Writing Writer N/A
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Cleopatra Writing Writer N/A
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