Bio

Philip Tarl Denson is a screenwriter and producer living in Darwin, Northern Territory. Philip has a number of feature film and television projects in development in Australia and in the USA, including his sci-fi feature SINGULARITY with Ridley Scott’s company SCOTT FREE and his Mars-based sci fi horror RIFT with UMBRELLA directed by THE SPIERIG BROTHERS. Philip has also been hired to write a horror for Brad Fuller (A QUIET PLACE), animated feature THE LOST TIGER for UNIVERSAL through LIKE A PHOTON and a sci-fi feature for Seth Larney (2067).

In the TV space, Philip had a First-Look TV deal with NBCU through MATCHBOX PICTURES and TONY AYRES PRODUCTIONS. In 2019, Philip was selected to take part in IMAGINE IMPACT, a professional development initiative founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT) developing an original science fiction television series titled ANOMALY. He currently has a number of projects under option in Australia and most recently, he wrote an episode of the Australian version of GHOSTS.

As producer, Philip was selected as one of Screen Producer’s Australia’s ONES TO WATCH in 2020. In 2018, Philip produced the animated online series MINING BOOM with support from Screen Australia and Screen Territory garnering over 6 million views online and winning Best Animation at the LA Film Awards. Since then, Philip has gone on to produce other web series, stage plays, short films and a short documentary for the ABC.

Philip won the 2020 Monte Mille Award and the NT Literary Award for Screenwriting, and has been shortlisted for the 2016 JOHN HINDE award, finalist in the 2016 INSITE award, finalist in the BlueCat Screenplay competition, finalist in the Fresh Voices Screenplay competition, quarter-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting contest and finalist in the 2017 GATEWAY LA ‘Aussie List’ of the best unproduced scripts by Australian writers.