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name: "Gregory Burke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gregory-burke"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T08:03:19.240978+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gregory Burke

Writer. Born 1 January 1968 in Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5606828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2954373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2676001

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*'71*](https://film.one/film/71.md) (82)

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## Biography

Gregory Burke is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Born in Rosyth, Fife, in 1968, he attended the University of Stirling for two years before dropping out. His early plays include *Gagarin Way* (2001) and *Black Watch* (2006), the latter written for the National Theatre of Scotland and winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play.

Burke wrote the screenplay for the film *'71* (2014), directed by Yann Demange and starring Jack O'Connell. He also wrote the screenplay for *7 Days in Entebbe* (2018). His television credits include *One Night in Emergency* (2010), *Six Four* (2023) and *Rebus* (2024). *'71* received a nomination for Best Screenplay at the British Independent Film Awards and won Best Writer Film/TV at the BAFTA Scotland Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, casarotto.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)

## Also known for

- *7 Days in Entebbe* (2018), Screenplay

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