Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood has never been more relevant than she is today. Readers are turning to her work as they face the rise of authoritarian politics, rapidly evolving technologies, and the slow-motion disaster of climate change. Her poetry and books are about survival, but they are also survival tools themselves. The recent success of the television adaptation of her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has made Atwood a household name. The launch of her sequel, The Testaments, has been international news. Millions follow her early morning Tweets. We list her credits as a Producer first.

NOTE: Almost all of the films or series based on her writing were adapted for the screen by someone else, which is why her credits as a Screenwriter are scant.
Also see: Margaret Atwood A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power.

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

TV Series:
Wandering Wenda (Executive Producer, 2017)
Alias Grace (Supervising Producer, 2017 – 6 episodes)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Consulting Producer, 2017-2018, 23 episodes)

Credits as a Screenwriter:
Time Folds (2016, short)

TV Series:
For The Record (1981, episode: Snowbird)
Screen Two (1987, episode: Heaven on Earth)

Books Adapted for Film or Television:
Surfacing (1981, screenplay by Bernard Gordon)
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990, screenplay by Harold Pinter)
The Sin Eater (2004, short, screenplay by Cecil Esquivel-Obregon)
The Robber Bride (TV-2007, screenplay by Tassie Cameron)
Payback (2012, documentary, screenplay by Jennifer Baichwal)
ROPEd (2017, short, screenplay by Riel Stone)

TV Series:
Wandering Wenda (2017, writers unknown)
Alias Grace (2017, mini-series, teleplays by Sarah Polley)
The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-2018, teleplays by various writers)