Olivia Hetreed

Olivia Hetreed is the award-winning screenwriter of Girl with a Pearl
Earring and Wuthering Heights. Recent international films include Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, starring Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert, Bosnia’s first animated feature, Birds Like Us, with the voices of Alicia Vikander and Jeremy Irons, and Finding
Altamira, starring Antonio Banderas. Her TV work includes Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law’s Tale, The Treasure Seekers and The Roman Mysteries.

Olivia is a very experienced international mentor of new writing talent and the former President of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, the union which represents over 3,000 professional writers
in the UK, where she led campaigns to deal with bullying & harassment, gender equality and greater visibility for screenwriters. Previously she was a Film Editor, working on many dramas and documentaries.