A playwright from Scotland, Gregory Burke is best known for his work in the Gagarin Way, which won the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award. An alumnus of the University of Stirling, Burke did many odd jobs before eventually becoming a writer. Burke who has written many plays, has also written for a TV series titled One Night in Emergency (2010) and films like 71 (2014) and 7 Days In Entebbe (2018), an English crime drama thriller featuring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Bruhl, Denis Menochet, Mark Ivanir and Eddie Marsan in important roles.