---
name: "Irena Brignull"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irena-brignull"
fi1m_id: "irena-brignull"
imdb_id: "nm0109267"
tmdb_id: 81262
wikidata_id: "Q119857665"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:20:32.221668+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."
---

# Irena Brignull

## Identity

Irena Brignull

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irena-brignull
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** irena-brignull
- **IMDb ID:** nm0109267
- **TMDB ID:** 81262
- **Wikidata ID:** Q119857665
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119857665, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81262

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119857665, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81262

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Boxtrolls*](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md) (64)

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## 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).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, irenabrignull.com, independenttalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Little Prince* (2015), Screenplay
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *Skellig* (2009), Screenplay
- *I Capture the Castle* (2003), Script Editor
- *Come Together* (2002), Writer

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