Thomas Duncan-Watt
Thomas Duncan-Watt is a multi Australian Screenwriters Guild Award (AWGIE) winning screenwriter who has written comedy for Australians (Good News Week), the British (NewsJack), and animation lovers all over the world (The Deep, Pirate Express, Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Beat Bugs, Dennis the Menace & Gnasher).IMDB Profile In fact, one of Thomas's scripts for Dennis became the sole script selected by the BBC - of all 52 produced - to represent Dennis at the BAFTA Awards, earning the series its first-ever BAFTA nomination.
Career
Thomas Duncan-Watt is a three-time AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild Award) winning screenwriter, specializing in comedy.Broadway World
Starting his career as a writer on shows like Good News Week and Newsjack, his screen credits include episodes of the Emmy Award-winning Beat Bugs for Netflix, The Deep, Winston Steinburger and Dennis the Menace and Gnasher for the BBC, where one of his scripts earned the show its first-ever BAFTA nomination. He is also a regular ghostwriter for a couple of the biggest names in Australian Comedy.ScreenAustralia
Sitcom-obsessed, Thomas is perhaps best known as the co-creator of two live stage shows featuring The Golden Girls as Muppets-style puppets. Debuting at the Comedy Store in 2013, these shows have since sold out theatres around the world. In fact, 'That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody' was also on its first national tour of the USA when COVID hit - including a stop in Florida itself, where the girls made a very memorable appearance on Access Hollywood with original Golden Girls guest star, Mario Lopez!
Thomas currently has two animated comedy series in development, including one which won 'Best in Show' at the 2020 Asian Animation Summit, and a single-cam sitcom developed for the US Market with legendary Executive Producer/Showrunner, Stan Zimmerman (Gilmore Girls/Roseanne/The Brady Bunch Movie/The Golden Girls).
Education
Thomas is an alumnus of the University of New South Wales.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (honors) in English Language and Literature/Letters.Linkedin Profile
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