Irena Brignull

A film executive who has successfully transitioned to screenwriting, Irena Brignull was a Script Executive at the BBC, where she worked on such projects as Tom Clegg's telefilm Bravo Two Zero, starring Sean Bean; and then Head of Development at Dogstar Films. At the latter, she was the Script Editor on John Madden's Captain Corelli's Mandolin and multi-Academy Award-winning Shakespeare in Love; and on Tim Fywell's I Capture the Castle, starring Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, and Bill Nighy, among other features.

She has scripted Onyx Films' new animated feature adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic The Little Prince, directed by Mark Osborne released by Paramount Pictures in 2015. The voice cast includes Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Benicio Del Toro, and Riley Osborne.

Ms. Brignull's other screenwriting credits include the telefilms Come Together, produced by Working Title Television and directed by Graham Theakston, starring James D'Arcy and Lucy Punch; and Skellig: The Owl Man, directed by Aj Jankel for Sky Television, starring Tim Roth, John Simm, and Kelly Macdonald.

She holds a BA in English Literature from Oxford University.

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