Olivia Hetreed

Olivia Hetreed
Occupation	Screenwriter, editor
Language	English
Nationality	United Kingdom
Notable works	Girl with a Pearl Earring (film) Wuthering Heights (2011 film)
Notable awards	Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Spouse	Andy Paterson

Olivia Hetreed is a British screenwriter and editor, and the current president of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. In 2003, she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel Girl with a Pearl Earring into the film of the same name. Hetreed has also been credited as the screenwriter for productions based on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Emily Brontë, and Caroline Lawrence. As a result, she has been called an "expert in literary adaptations."

Olivia Hetreed studied English at university. She first worked as an editor of documentaries and films. Later, she began her writing career by working on family films such as The Treasure Seekers (1996) and The Canterville Ghost (1996). In 1998, she wrote the short film Candy, but found wider fame when she adapted Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel Girl with a Pearl Earring into the 2003 film of the same name. Hetreed had gained access to the novel shortly before its publication, as she and Chevalier shared the same agent. Her husband Andy Paterson convinced the author to sell the film rights, and he co-produced the film with his production company Archer Films. For her work in the film, she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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