Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, and director.
Joy Wilkinson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, playwright, author, director |
| Known for | The Sweet Science of Bruising, Doctor Who |
Early life
editWilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. At age 14, she co-wrote Fried Eggs & Fag Ends, a play at the Lancashire Young Writers Festival that got reviewed in The Guardian by David Ward.[1] She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award.
Career
editWilkinson has written several plays, such as Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant, Fair and The Sweet Science of Bruising, which opened at Southwark Playhouse in 2018.[2] In 2015, she was announced as a Screen Daily Star of Tomorrow for her thriller screenplay, Killer Résumé, which landed her on the 2014 Brit List.[3] She adapted Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Cao for BBC Radio 4, as well as several Agatha Christie adaptations. Among them were Ordeal by Innocence, Sparkling Cyanide and The Pale Horse.[4][5] In 2021, she wrote an adaptation of Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist for BBC Radio 4.[6]
On television, Wilkinson wrote for Doctors, Holby City, Casualty, and Land Girls. In 2012, Wilkinson adapted The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as a five-part miniseries for BBC One. In 2018, she contributed the eighth episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who, The Witchfinders.[7] Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the Target Collection,[8] and later wrote the short story The Simple Things.[9] She wrote the comic strip Black Powder for Doctor Who Magazine in 2021. She co-wrote the fourth episode of The Watch,[10] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Wilkinson would be writing a feature adaptation of Kevin J. Anderson and Steven L. Sears’ Stalag-X, to be directed by Francis Lawrence.[11]
In 2020, her directorial debut, the period short film Ma'am, was released.[12] It won at the Emerging Talent Awards at the New Renaissance Film Festival. Wilkinson wrote and directed a follow-up short film, The Everlasting Club in 2021. In 2023, Wilkinson began production on her feature film debut, the low-budget thriller 7 Keys.[13]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–12 | Doctors | Wrote 36 episodes | BBC One |
| 2006 | Casualty | Episode: "Heads Together" | BBC One |
| 2006 | Holby City | Episode: "One for My Baby" | BBC One |
| 2011 | Land Girls | Episode: "Farewell My Lovely" | BBC One |
| 2012 | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | Wrote 4 episodes | BBC One |
| 2018 | Doctor Who | Episode: "The Witchfinders" | BBC One |
| 2020 | Ma'am | Also director | |
| 2021 | The Watch | Co-wrote: "Twilight Canyons" | BBC America |
| 2021 | The Everlasting Club | Also director | |
| 2022 | The Pact | Series 2, Wrote Episodes 4 & 5[14] | BBC One |
| 2023 | Lockwood & Co.[15] | Wrote 3 episodes | Netflix |
| 2024 | Suspect | Series 2, Co-writer with David Allison | Channel 4 |
| 2024 | 7 Keys | Feature film. Also director | |
| TBA | Wink | Feature film. |
References
edit- ^ @joyofse19 (14 April 2021). "And my very first play and Guardian review!! 'Fried Eggs & Fag Ends', noted for its "sense of an inevitable slide i…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 10 January 2019.
- ^ Halligan2015-10-05T10:30:00+01:00, Fionnuala. "Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Agatha Christie, Ordeal by Innocence, 1. Stranger".
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Lud-in-the-Mist". BBC.
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (20 August 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed". Digital Spy.
- ^ "New Target novel collection in July 2020". Doctor Who.tv.
- ^ Flook, Ray (23 April 2020). "Doctor Who Writer Joy Wilkinson Pens New Graham-Focused Short Story". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
- ^ "Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series". Discworld Monthly.
- ^ "Francis Lawrence to Direct 'Stalag-X' for New Republic Pictures, About:Blank Producing". 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut". www.burnleyexpress.net. 4 February 2020.
- ^ "UK shoot underway for Joy Wilkinson feature debut '7 Keys'; first image revealed (Exclusive)".
- ^ "The Pact series 2: Filming begins with brand new story".
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (19 May 2020). "Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Joe Cornish & Rachael Prior Launch London & LA-based Film & TV Company Complete Fiction With Three Series In Works At Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 1 December 2021.