Andrea Gibb

Andrea Gibb is a Bafta nominated Scottish film and television writer. Her screenplays for ‘Dear Frankie’ and ‘Afterlife’ won her the Scottish Screen Filmmaker of the Year award and the Women In Film and Television script award in 2005.

Recent commissions includes an adaptation of ‘Elizabeth Is Missing’ for STV, two episodes of ‘Call The Midwife’ and an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson’s novella, ‘The Daylight Gate’ for BBC Films.

Her feature film adaptation of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (BBC Films) was released in cinemas last year and won the Grand Jury prize at the New York Children’s Film festival and the family film award at Seattle Film Festival.

Andrea is currently co-chair of the Writers’ Guild film committee.