Georgia Pritchett

Georgia Pritchett
Pritchett (right) with fellow Succession writer Jon Brown in 2023
Born1968
London, England
Occupations
  • Producer
  • screenwriter
  • author
Years active1993–present
RelativesMatt Pritchett (brother)
V. S. Pritchett (grandfather)

Georgia Pritchett (born 1968) is a British producer, screenwriter, and author. She is best known for her work on Veep and Succession, as well as her book My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety. The Guardian described Pritchett as "one of the country’s most successful screenwriters".[1]

Life and career

Pritchett was born in London, England in 1968,[2] and raised in South London by her parents, Josephine Haworth, an author, and Oliver Pritchett, a journalist and columnist. Her brother Matt is a cartoonist, and her grandfather is writer and literary critic, V. S. Pritchett.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pritchett cited US sitcoms as an early influence in her interest in writing, saying "I was one of those people who would like to watch things again and again, and learn huge chunks and recite them in what is [an] apparently quite irritating way. So I can kind of thought, I love dialogue and I would love to write dialogue and I like the collaborative [nature]."[3] Additionally, Pritchett has cited Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sharon Horgan, and Michaela Coel as women in the writing industry that she admires, stressing the gender imbalance in the television industry.[4]

In 2021, Pritchett published her memoir, My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety, about her experiences in screenwriting as someone suffering anxiety.[5][6]

She joined the British American Project in 2023.[7]

Filmography

Title[8] Year Functioned as Notes
Writer Producer Other
Thatcherworld 1993 Yes TV movie, sketch writer
Spitting Image 1993 Yes 1 episode
Small Talk 1994 Yes Script Associate, Programme Associate, 1 episode
Never Mind the Horrocks 1996 Yes TV movie
We Know Where You Live 1997 Yes
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett 1997 Yes TV special, additional material writer
Ned's Newt 1998 Yes 5 episodes
S Club 7 in Miami 1999 Yes 4 episodes
S Club 7: Back to the 50's 1999 Yes TV movie
S Club 7 in L.A. 2000 Yes 3 episodes
Joan 2000 Short
High Heels and Low Lifes 2001 Yes Story Writer
Down to Earth 2001 Yes 2 episodes
Hollywood 7 2001 Yes 4 episodes
Smack the Pony 2000-2001 Yes Yes Script Associate - 14 episodes, writer - 11 episodes
Ed Stone Is Dead 2002 Yes 1 episode
Viva S Club 2002 Yes 3 episodes
My Family 2003-2004 Yes 2 episodes
Bognor or Bust 2004 Yes Program Associate
2DTV 2004 Yes Yes Produced - 1 episode

Head Writer

The Lenny Henry Show 2004 Yes 1 episode
Barking! 2004 Yes Creator
Feel the Force 2006 Yes 6 episodes
Trexx and Flipside 2008 Yes 1 episode
Not Going Out 2009 Yes Additional Material Writer
Life of Riley 2009-2011 Yes Yes Creator, writer - 20 episodes
Miranda 2010-2013 Yes Additional Material writer
Waterloo Road 2011 Yes 1 episode
The Thick of It 2012 Yes Writer - 1 episode, Additional material writer - 1 episode
Quick Cuts 2013 Yes Writer - 3 episodes
Veep 2013-2019 Yes Yes Yes Writer - 6 episodes

Consulting Producer - 25 episodes Co-executive Producer - 20 episodes Supervising Producer - 12 episodes

PYPO Park Bench Mistakes 2016 Yes TV movie
Glued 2016 Yes 6 episodes
The Crying Room 2016 Yes 1 episode
Scream Street 2016 Yes
Loaded 2017 Yes 2 episodes
Tracey Ullman's Show 2016-2018 Yes 15 episodes
Tracey Breaks the News 2017-2018 Yes 4 episodes
Succession 2018-2021 Yes Yes Co-Executive Producer - 28 episodes

Writer - 4 episodes

Avenue 5 2020 Yes Supervising Producer - 1 episode

Story writer - 2 episodes Teleplay writer - 2 episodes

Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom 2020 Yes 1 episode
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration 2020 Yes TV movie
Run 2020 Yes Yes Consulting Producer - 6 episodes

Writer - 1 episode

The Shrink Next Door 2021 Yes Yes Executive Producer - 8 episodes

Writer - 4 episodes

Awards

Emmy Awards:

  • 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for Succession
  • 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for Succession
  • 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Veep
  • 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Veep
  • 2016 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Veep
  • 2015 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Veep[9]

Writers Guild of America Awards:

Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards:

  • 2016 Best TV Situation Comedy for Veep[11]

Publications

  • My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety, 2021, HarperOne, ISBN 9780063206380[12]

References

  1. ^ Brockes, Emma (3 July 2021). "Georgia Pritchett: 'My male equivalents on Veep and Succession all got their own shows'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ Pritchett, Georgia (20 November 2021). "On my radar: Georgia Pritchett's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. ^ Perez, Lexy (4 February 2022). "From 'Succession' to 'Veep': Georgia Pritchett's Memoir Explores Her Comic Mind, Adventures With Anxiety". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ^ Simon, Samantha (13 January 2022). "Roman Roy's Divine Dysfunction Came Straight From the Mind (and 'Mess') of This 'Succession' Writer". InStyle. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Georgia Pritchett's messy life". Radio New Zealand. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Funny person Georgia Pritchett writes about her life and her anxiety". NPR. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1699156416462750144 [bare URL]
  8. ^ "Georgia Pritchett". IMDB. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Georgia Pritchett". Emmy Awards. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees: 2021-2013". Writers Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ^ "WRITERS' GUILD AWARDS 2016". The Writers' Union. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  12. ^ "My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety". Harper Collins Publishers. Retrieved 20 October 2022.