Virginia Gilbert
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Virginia Gilbert is an award-winning, BAFTA and IFTA nominated writer, director and producer. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a 'Star of Tomorrow' by Screen International. She is currently preparing her third feature, Sweetheart.
Her second feature, Reawakening, starring Jared Harris, Juliet Stevenson and Erin Doherty garnered strong critical acclaim and was longlisted for 2 BIFA’s. It was released in the UK and Ireland in September 2024 and November 2025 in the US.
Her debut short as writer director, Hesitation, won numerous awards internationally and was nominated for a BAFTA and an IFTA. Her debut feature, A Long Way From Home, was nominated for the Michael Powell award for Best British Feature and was released theatrically by Thunderbird Releasing (formerly Soda Pictures).
She has numerous feature and television projects in development including The Healing Oath with producers Edward King and Martin Gentles, Monsters, with RubyRock pictures and Travelling Companion, with Keeper Pictures, supported by Screen Ireland, based on her debut novel.
Other work includes the feature Black Cab (Sony/Shudder); the two-part series finale of BBC 1’s Silent Witness - Betrayal, directing award-winning, Screen Ireland short Day Out and writing and directing the short Home, starring Max Irons, bought by the Shakespeare Trust as part of their 2024 season.
Previous television credits as writer-director include documentary Lord Haw-Haw for RTE 1; comedy-doc Money, Money, Money, RTE 2; award-winning documentary series Whores, and IFTA-nominated documentary series An Irish State of Mind for TG4.