A ndrew Wreggit will receive the Margaret Collier Award at this year’s Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) Screenwriting Awards.

The award, which will be presented on April 28 during a ceremony at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, recognizes a Canadian writer with a significant body of work in film and television.

The Margaret Collier Award was first given out in 1986 to Canadian screenwriters. This year marks the first time it will be handed out by the WGC, having originally been presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Past recipients include David Shore, Brad Wright, Denis McGrath and Karen Walton.

The Canadian Academy had not been giving out the award in recent years, so the WGC negotiated with them to transition the award over to the guild, a WGC spokesperson told Playback Daily.

Over four decades, Wreggit (pictured) has worked on films and series such as Mayerthorpe, The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story, Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story, Jack, Borealis and One Dead Indian.

Wreggit has also served in various roles within the WGC, including its Pacific-Western region councillor, treasurer and VP. In 2017, he was recognized by the guild with the Denis McGrath Award for Service.

“Andrew Wreggitt’s work has had an undeniable impact on the landscape of Canadian television,” said WGC executive director Victoria Shen in a statement. “In addition to his extraordinary creative talent, he has generously dedicated his time to the Guild, providing leadership and ensuring a solid foundation for future screenwriters.”

The nominations for this year’s WGC Screenwriting Awards were announced in January, with CBC police procedural Allegiance leading the nominees.

Image courtesy of the Writers Guild of Canada