{{short description|British screenwriter and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Joy Wilkinson | birth_name = | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Screenwriter, playwright, author, director | known_for = ''The Sweet Science of Bruising'', ''Doctor Who'' }} '''Joy Wilkinson''' is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, and director.
==Early life== Wilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. At age 14, she co-wrote ''Fried Eggs & Fag Ends'', a play at the Lancashire Young Writers Festival that got reviewed in The Guardian by David Ward.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1382351578204635144|user=joyofse19|title=And my very first play and Guardian review!! ‘Fried Eggs & Fag Ends’, noted for its “sense of an inevitable slide i…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=14 April 2021}}</ref> She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award.
==Career== Wilkinson has written several plays, such as ''Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant'', ''Fair'' and ''The Sweet Science of Bruising'', which opened at Southwark Playhouse in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/sweet-science-of-bruising-wiltons-music-hall_48285.html|title=The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=10 January 2019 }}</ref> In 2015, she was announced as a Screen Daily ''Star of Tomorrow'' for her thriller screenplay, ''Killer Résumé'', which landed her on the 2014 Brit List.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/stars-of-tomorrow/joy-wilkinson-stars-of-tomorrow-2015/5094635.article|title=Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015|first=Fionnuala|last=Halligan|date=2015-10-05 |website=Screen}}</ref> She adapted Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Cao for BBC Radio 4, as well as several Agatha Christie adaptations. Among them were ''Ordeal by Innocence'', ''Sparkling Cyanide'' and ''The Pale Horse''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/c4p4gr/the-pale-horse--series-1-episode-1/|title=The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1|website=Radio Times|access-date=24 October 2020|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029142445/https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/c4p4gr/the-pale-horse--series-1-episode-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l8y|title = BBC Radio 4 Extra - Agatha Christie, Ordeal by Innocence, 1. Stranger}}</ref> In 2021, she wrote an adaptation of Hope Mirrlees' ''Lud-in-the-Mist'' for BBC Radio 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011458|title=BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Lud-in-the-Mist|website=BBC}}</ref>
On television, Wilkinson wrote for ''Doctors'', ''Holby City'', ''Casualty'', and ''Land Girls''. In 2012, Wilkinson adapted ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' as a five-part miniseries for BBC One. In 2018, she contributed the eighth episode of the eleventh series of ''Doctor Who'', ''The Witchfinders''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a864375/doctor-who-season-11-writers-directors/|title=Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|date=August 20, 2018|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the ''Target Collection'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=five-adventures-new-doctor-who-target-book|title=New Target novel collection in July 2020|website=Doctor Who.tv}}</ref> and later wrote the short story ''The Simple Things''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/doctor-who-writer-joy-wilkinson-pens-new-graham-focused-short-story/|title=Doctor Who Writer Joy Wilkinson Pens New Graham-Focused Short Story|first=Ray|last=Flook|date=April 23, 2020|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors}}</ref> She wrote the comic strip ''Black Powder'' for Doctor Who Magazine in 2021. She co-wrote the fourth episode of ''The Watch'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discworldmonthly.co.uk/terrypratchett_thewatchseries.php|title=Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series|website=Discworld Monthly|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116193640/https://discworldmonthly.co.uk/terrypratchett_thewatchseries.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the ''Discworld'' series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Wilkinson would be writing a feature adaptation of Kevin J. Anderson and Steven L. Sears’ ''Stalag-X'', to be directed by Francis Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/francis-lawrence-to-direct-stalag-x-for-new-republic-pictures-aboutblank-producing-1234981482/ | title=Francis Lawrence to Direct 'Stalag-X' for New Republic Pictures, About:Blank Producing | date=17 March 2022 }}</ref>
In 2020, her directorial debut, the period short film ''Ma'am'', was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/award-winning-former-burnley-writer-reveals-joy-after-making-directorial-debut-1384926|title=Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut|website=www.burnleyexpress.net|date=4 February 2020 }}</ref> It won at the Emerging Talent Awards at the New Renaissance Film Festival. Wilkinson wrote and directed a follow-up short film, ''The Everlasting Club'' in 2021. In 2023, Wilkinson began production on her feature film debut, the low-budget thriller ''7 Keys''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-shoot-underway-for-joy-wilkinson-feature-debut-7-keys-first-image-revealed-exclusive/5178347.article | title=UK shoot underway for Joy Wilkinson feature debut '7 Keys'; first image revealed (Exclusive) }}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:33px;" |Year !Title !Notes !Broadcaster |- |2006–12 |''Doctors'' |Wrote 36 episodes |BBC One |- |2006 |''Casualty'' |Episode: "Heads Together" |BBC One |- |2006 |''Holby City'' |Episode: "One for My Baby" |BBC One |- |2011 |''Land Girls'' |Episode: "Farewell My Lovely" |BBC One |- |2012 |''The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby'' |Wrote 4 episodes |BBC One |- |2018 |''Doctor Who'' |Episode: "The Witchfinders" |BBC One |- |2020 |''Ma'am'' |Also director | |- |2021 |''The Watch'' |Co-wrote: "Twilight Canyons" |BBC America |- |2021 |''The Everlasting Club'' |Also director |- |2022 |''The Pact'' |Series 2, Wrote Episodes 4 & 5<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/the-pact-series-2-filming-begins-with-a-brand-new-story | title=The Pact series 2: Filming begins with brand new story }}</ref> |BBC One |- |2023 |''Lockwood & Co.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=19 May 2020|title=Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Joe Cornish & Rachael Prior Launch London & LA-based Film & TV Company Complete Fiction With Three Series In Works At Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/edgar-wright-film-tv-company-complete-fiction-netflix-series-1202938194/|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Deadline}}</ref> |Wrote 3 episodes |Netflix |- |2024 |''Suspect'' |Series 2, Co-writer with David Allison |Channel 4 |- |2024 |''7 Keys'' |Feature film. Also director |- |TBA |''Wink'' |Feature film. |}
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==External links== * [http://www.joywilkinson.net/ Official Website] * {{IMDb name|id=2300065}}
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