Biography

Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns was born in Glasgow, she attended the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Filmmaking, and the National Film and Television School, where she earned her MFA in Screenwriting. Shortly after graduating from the NFTS, she sold her first film script, AETHER, to FilmNation and joined John Logan for the third and final season of Showtime's PENNY DREADFUL.

1917, which she co-wrote with director Sam Mendes for Amblin and Universal, earned Krysty an Academy Award and Writers Guild Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. The film won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year and, in addition to Best Original Screenplay, was nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Motion Picture and the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Drama.

She recently co-wrote with director Edgar Wright the BAFTA-nominated, psychological thriller LAST NIGHT IN SOHO for Focus Features, which starred Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie and Matt Smith.

Krysty's latest film is the BAFTA-nominated thriller THE GOOD NURSE based on the book by Charles Graeber, starring Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Nnamdi Asomugha, Noah Emmerich and Kim Dickens. Premiered in 2022, the film, which marks Krysty's first sole writing credit, tells the true story of the pursuit and capture of Charles Cullen, one of the most prolific serial killers in history who is suspected of murdering up to 400 patients during his 16-year career as a nurse.

In 2020, Krysty formed Great Company Entertainment in partnership with Universal Pictures to create and develop high caliber entertainment, scripts and original concepts while collaborating with top talent. She has several projects in various stages of development and production under her banner, including an untitled projects with Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Entertainment, and AETHER for Genre Pictures and AppleTV+.