Gavin Laing

Gavin Laing

SCREENWRITER

FOURTH YEAR – LOS ANGELES

Gavin Laing is a Scottish writer with a passion for comedy, animation, and engaging queer stories told with humour and heart. Gavin won the BAFTA Rocliffe Children, Family & YA New Writing Competition 2021, and his short film My First Spellbook won a Royal Television Society Award and enjoyed a seven-year run in film festivals around the world, including TIFF Kids and the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Gavin previously worked in production on several BAFTA award-winning BBC series and at Sony Pictures Animation in creative development. He is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program, and a current participant in BAFTA LA’s Newcomers Program. He is represented by The Gotham Group.