Virginia Gilbert

Virginia Gilbert is a novelist and an award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and director of film, TV and radio. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a 'Star of Tomorrow' by Screen International. Her debut short, 'Hesitation', won prizes internationally, including the Golden Hugo for Best Short Film at the Chicago Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA. Her debut feature film as writer-director A Long Way From Home was nominated for the Michael Powell award for Best British Feature and was released theatrically by Soda Pictures. In film, she is currently preparing her second feature, Travelling Companion, adapted from her novel and supported by the Irish Film Board. Virginia is currently developing a 3-part original TV series with Lionsgate called Sweetheart and a six-part original TV drama series with ITV, The Common Enemy. Other television credits include the award-winning documentary series Whores and the IFTA-nominated An Irish State of Mind for Irish channel TG4 and comedy-documentary Money, Money, Money for RTE and Lord Haw-Haw for RTE 1. Her short fiction has been published internationally and her debut collection was nominated for the Salt Prize. Radio credits include a season of her short fiction under the banner Abroad and three original dramas for BBC Radio 4.