Gavin McGibbon is a graduate of Waikato University, The New Zealand Film School, and Victoria University where he gained a Masters in Scriptwriting and a PhD on the process of Adaptation.
Gavin's first play After Service was called a "must see" and a "a striking first play." His scripts Under The Hood and Holding On were selected for Wellington's Write Out Loud contest in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Gavin is the mentor for EAT's Scriptwriting group, has been commissioned by Radio New Zealand numerous times, has worked as a supervisor for the MA Scriptwriting programme run by the International Institute of Modern Letters and has tutored at the New Zealand Film School.