Guy Hibbert is a British screenwriter and playwright. He has won four BAFTA TV awards, including Best Writer for the 2009 film ''

Five Minutes of Heaven ''Five Minutes of Heaven'' is a 2009 Irish film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert. The film was premiered on 19 January 2009 at the 25th Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award for ...

''. This film was premiered at the

25th Sundance Film Festival The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15, 2009 until January 25 in Park City, Utah. It was the 25th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. Award winners *Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''We Live in Public'' *Grand Jury Prize: ...

, where Hibbert won the World Cinema Screenwriting Award. ''Five Minutes of Heaven'' also won the

Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize was created in 1977, in memory of Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to Ireland, who was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1976. Founded by his Widow Jane Ewart-Biggs (fol ...

, given for work promoting peace and reconciliation in Ireland. His script for '' Eye In The Sky'' won Best Screenplay at

Evening Standard British Film Awards The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by London's ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony ...

2017. Hibbert started his writing career as a playwright. His play On The Edge was the winner of the

John Whiting Award Between 1965 and 2010, the John Whiting Award (from 2007 renamed the Peter Wolff Trust Supports the John Whiting Award) was awarded annually to a British or Commonwealth playwright who, in the opinion of a consortium of UK theatres, showed a new ...

in 1985. Other awards include the Mental Health Media Award in 1998 and in 2004 and the Joan Coleman Award in 2013 for his contribution to the understanding of mental health. Hibbert lives in London with his wife, poet and translator Meifu Wang. He has one daughter, Celeste.

Filmography

* ''Master of the Marionettes'' (1989) writer * ''Aimee'' (1991) – writer * ''Bad Girl'' (1992) – writer * ''Nice Town'' (1992) – writer * ''Saigon Baby'' (1995) – writer * ''

Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who ...

'' - "Scent of Darkness" (1997) – writer * ''No Child Of Mine'' (1997) – writer * ''

Shot Through the Heart ''Shot Through the Heart'' is a 1998 television film directed by David Attwood, shown on the BBC and HBO in 1998, which covers the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The film is based on a true story and an article called ''Anti-Sniper' ...

'' (1998) – writer * ''The Russian Bride'' (2001) - writer and executive producer * ''

May 33rd ''May 33rd'' is a 2004 British television film, produced by Endor Productions for BBC One. The film was directed by David Attwood, written by Guy Hibbert, and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. It stars Lia Williams as Ella Wilson, a woman whose ...

'' (2004) – writer and executive producer * ''

Omagh Omagh (; from ga, An Ómaigh , meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers River Drumragh, Drumragh and Camowen River, Camowen meet to form the River Strule, Strule. North ...

'' (2004) – co-writer with

Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ' ...

* '' Who Gets the Dog?'' (2007) – writer * ''

'' (2009) – writer * ''Blood and Oil'' (2010) – writer * ''

Complicit Complicity is the participation in a completed criminal act of an accomplice, a partner in the crime who aids or encourages ( abets) other perpetrators of that crime, and who shared with them an intent to act to complete the crime.''Criminal Law ...

'' (2013) – writer and executive producer * ''

One Child ''One Child'' is a memoir by American author and psychologist Torey Hayden. It was first published in the United States in 1980, becoming a best seller in the 00s. This book has been translated into 27 languages and dramatized as an interacti ...

'' (2014) - writer and executive producer * '' Eye in the Sky'' (2015) – writer and executive producer * ''

A United Kingdom ''A United Kingdom'' is a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes f ...

'' (2016) - writer and executive producer

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibbert, Guy 1950 births Living people British male screenwriters Sundance Film Festival award winners Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize recipients writers from Oxford