Kerry Ann Calleja McGregor

Kerry-Ann Calleja McGregor is a commissioned, produced, and multi-award-winning TV and feature screenwriter based in London and Malta. The first week after graduating MET FILM SCHOOL with a MA Screenwriting, Kerry-Ann won an International Screenwriting competition. Kerry-Ann has won an American Movie Award for Best Original TV Pilot quickly followed by getting on the CAPITAL FUNDS HOT 100 LIST as well as SHORE SCRIPT where the film went on to be selected for Bafta and Oscar qualifying festivals. Since then, she has written the drama short RUTH that won Arri/Directors UK award and BEST UK SHORT and has recently aired on a US TV channel. She has cowrote and coproduced part of an anthology feature film THE IMPACT that starred Olivia Williams co-written by Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct). Most recently she was commissioned to write a very powerful film TELL ME YOU LOVE ME based on a true story that was directed by Paulette Randell MBE, one of the most respected Black Female UK theatre and TV Directors and starring Tamsin Outhwaite and has qualified for BIFA festivals. Kerry-Ann is in talks to adapt a best-selling novel to TV series as well as other TV and feature projects. Her feature film script THE WALL deals with female homelessness and has just been given an HONOURABLE MENTION by WRITERS LAB UK/EUROPE 2023 which is a competition original set up by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. Very recently she was invited to be a judge at the Bafta affiliated NEW VOICE AWARDS. Kerry-Ann’s passion for writing diverse drama threaded with social commentary, stems from her mixed ethnic immigrant background and life experiences and has written about several subjects including racism, classism, immigration, LQBTQ rights, mental health issues, dementia, disability, and body image with a true authentic voice.