---
name: "Krysty Wilson-Cairns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/krysty-wilson-cairns"
fi1m_id: "krysty-wilson-cairns"
imdb_id: "nm4880670"
tmdb_id: 1643383
wikidata_id: "Q62019312"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 May 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:51.115421+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."
---

# Krysty Wilson-Cairns

## Identity

Krysty Wilson-Cairns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/krysty-wilson-cairns
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** krysty-wilson-cairns
- **IMDb ID:** nm4880670
- **TMDB ID:** 1643383
- **Wikidata ID:** Q62019312
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krysty_Wilson-Cairns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62019312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4880670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1643383

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

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 May 1987, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (2), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 3, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $469m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krysty_Wilson-Cairns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62019312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4880670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1643383

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*1917*](https://film.one/film/1917.md) (78), [*The Good Nurse*](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md) (73)
- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thetimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Good Nurse* (2022), Fi1m 73, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *1917* (2019), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *The Good Nurse* (2022), Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *1917* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Fink* (2013), Writer
- *Dollface* (2013), Writer
- *Musical Star* (2013), Writer, Lyricist
- *All Men's Dead* (2012), Writer
- *The End of an Era* (2011), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2020: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *1917*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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