Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Writer. Born 26 May 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

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26 May 1987, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Krysty Wilson-Cairns is a Scottish screenwriter. She was born on 26 May 1987 in Glasgow and studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the National Film and Television School.

As a teenager she worked as a runner on television series including Taggart. Her unproduced script Aether featured on the 2014 Black List and led to a staff writer role on the series Penny Dreadful.

Her feature debut was co-writing the screenplay for 1917 (2019) with Sam Mendes. She later co-wrote Last Night in Soho (2021) with Edgar Wright and wrote the screenplay for The Good Nurse (2022).

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Krysty Wilson-Cairns is known for Last Night in Soho (2021), Penny Dreadful (2014) and The Good Nurse (2022).