Nina Metivier is a British screenwriter, best known for co-creating the teen thriller ''
The A List''.
Early life
Metivier was educated at Stockport Grammar School. Metivier credited the ''
His Dark Materials
''His Dark Materials'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of '' Northern Lights'' (1995; published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' (1997), and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (2000). It follows ...
'' novels for inspiring her to write.
Career
Metivier began her career in children's television, working as a
script editor
A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted television and radio programmes, usually dramas and comedies. The script editor has many responsibilities including finding new script writers, developing storyline and series ideas wi ...
and development executive at
Kindle Entertainment
Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in London, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed after ITV Kids (a section of ITV Productions) was closed, and current personnel includes Anne Brogan, the former cont ...
. She began a running collaboration with Dan Berlinka in 2014, co-creating and writing the children's mystery series ''
Dixi'' for
CBBC Online. It won the
BAFTA award for Original Interactive Show in 2014.
In 2018, she would reteam with Berlinka for ''The A List'', which released on
BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. iPlayer services del ...
on 25 October 2018.
The series would move to Netflix for the second season, which she also co-wrote.
She continued script editing on ''The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby'' and the
eleventh series of ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''. She would later write the fourth episode of the
twelfth series, ''
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
"Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" is the fourth episode of the twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', first broadcast on BBC One on 19 January 2020. It was written by Nina Metivier, and directed by Ni ...
''.
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century British women writers
British television writers
British women television writers
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
Year of birth missing (living people)