Bio

Thomas Duncan-Watt is a multi-Australian Writers’ Guild winning and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter who has written on various TV shows, from Emmy Award-winning animated series to primetime drama like Australia’s top rating series, Home & Away and comedy series like Good News Week.

As well as being nominated for six Australian Writers’ Guild Awards, he is also the Head Writer/Script Editor on sci-fi series Space Nova. Space Nova has run for 2 seasons to date and won numerous accolades, including the coveted John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction twice (a first for any program in the award’s history). His original comedy animation series The Eerie Chapters of Chhaya, won the ‘Kindred’ CBC and ABC co-production initiative in 2022 (up against more than 200 other professional applications). In 2024, Thomas was one of the participants in the presigious AWG/Screen Australia initiative, The Creators.

He is the co-creator and writer of That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody, a stage play that debuted at Sydney’s Comedy Store as Thank You for Being a Friend before being quickly snapped up and licensed internationally. The show has run every year since its inception, enjoying hit tours of Australia, the USA, and Canada as well as multiple successful runs Off-Broadway. Thomas is also the best selling author of the ‘Seekers of the Lost Cavern’ book series (published by Scholastic).

Currently, Thomas is working on the development of original drama series The Night Mover, which has been optioned by Thumper Pictures. The pilot placed as a finalist in Big Break, made it to Coverfly’s Red List, and was named one of the top 100 pilots of the year by Screencraft.