Biography
Irena Brignull is a British screenwriter. She studied English Literature at the University of Oxford and began her career as a Script Executive at the BBC before becoming Head of Development at Dogstar Films, where she worked as script editor on films including Shakespeare in Love (1998) and I Capture the Castle (2003).
Her screenwriting credits include the screenplay for the animated feature The Boxtrolls (2014, with Adam Pava), an adaptation of The Little Prince (2015) and the television film Skellig: The Owl Man (2009). She was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Screenplay for The Boxtrolls. Brignull has also written novels, including The Hawkweed Prophecy (2016) and its sequel The Hawkweed Legacy (2017).
