Andrew Gregory is a British journalist, writer, producer, director, and photographer, and the health editor of The Guardian.
He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism, three Press Awards, a Press Gazette Award, a Medical Journalists' Association Award, and a Guild of Health Writers Award.
In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things, an animated short film about hoarding disorder. It was selected to screen at the 15th edition of the BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival and nominated for an RTS Award.
Career
Journalism Gregory was appointed the health editor of The Guardian in 2021. Previously, he was the health editor of The Sunday Times.
In 2023, Gregory won the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism and the Medical Journalists' Association's news award for exposing how black and Asian people in England had to wait longer than white people for a cancer diagnosis.
He has twice been named Health Journalist of the Year by the Society of Editors.
Film In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things, an animated short film about hoarding disorder. Next, he will produce an animated short film about alcohol addiction, Small Hours, starring Robert Bathurst.
Previously, Gregory served as an associate producer on Alitisal (2024), a live action short film about immigrant mental health. The film premiered at the 18th edition of the Oscar-qualifying Beirut Shorts International Film Festival and won multiple awards.
His other credits include Tredegar (2023), 33 Hours (2022), Long Covid (2021), Freya (2021), Deafblind Doctor (2019), HIV Transplants (2016), and Teddy's Story (2015).
Affiliations
American Film Institute Association of British Science Writers Association of Health Care Journalists British Film Institute Documentary Association of Europe Documentary Film Council Documentary Producers Alliance Guild of Health Writers International Documentary Association Investigative Reporters and Editors London Press Club Medical Journalists' Association Royal Photographic Society Royal Society of Medicine Royal Television Society
Filmography +YearTitleRole2015Teddy's StoryWriter · producer · directorTeddy's Story: The GrandmotherWriter · producer · directorRoyWriter · producer2016HIV TransplantsWriter · producerHIV Transplants: The SurgeonsWriter · producer 2019Deafblind DoctorWriter · producer2021FreyaWriter · producerLong CovidWriter · producer202233 HoursWriter · producer2023TredegarWriter · producer2024Parallel LivesCo-producerAlitisalAssociate producer2025WargamersAssociate producerThe NomophobeAssociate producerNowhere ManExecutive producerOf All the ThingsExecutive producer2026Small HoursProducer
Awards and nominations + Association Year Category Result Asian Media Awards 2023 Best Investigation British Media Awards 2016 Editorial Campaign of the Year Cudlipp Award 2015 Cudlipp Award 2016Cudlipp Award 2019Cudlipp Award Guild of Health Writers Awards 2016 Best National Newspaper Writing London Press Club Awards 2011 Scoop of the Year Medical Journalists' Association Awards 2013 Consumer Staff Journalist 2015Staff Journalist 2016News Story of the Year Science Explained 2017Case Study of the Year News Story of the Year 2018News Story of the Year 2019News Story of the Year 2022Case Study of the Year News Story of the Year Science Explained 2023Feature of the Year News Story of the Year 2024Gordon McVie Award for Reporting Cancer Research Podcast of the Year 2025Feature of the Year Mental Health Story of the Year Podcast of the Year Science Explained Online Media Awards 2016 Online Editorial Campaign of the Year Press Awards 2010 Young Journalist of the Year 2011Scoop of the Year 2015Science and Health Journalist of the Year 2017Science and Health Journalist of the Year 2018Health Journalist of the Year Front Page of the Year 2019Chairman's Award 2021Health Journalist of the Year 2023Health Journalist of the Year Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2012 Breaking News 2013Science and Technology Journalist of the Year 2015Popular Journalism 2017Campaign of the Year 2019Health and Life Sciences Journalism 2020Science Journalism 2022Health and Life Sciences Journalism Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards 2007 News Writer of the Year Online Journalist of the Year Scoop of the Year Pride of Trinity Mirror Awards2014Scoop of the Year Royal Statistical Society Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards 2023 Investigative Journalism Trinity Mirror Excellence Awards2016Campaign of the Year Digital Excellence Front Page of the Year Scoop of the Year Video of the Year Young Epilepsy Champions Awards 2015 Speaking Out
References
External links
Official website Andrew Gregory at The Guardian