Tom Moran Explained

Tom Moran
Nationality:British
Occupation:Screenwriter, comedian

Tom Moran is a British screenwriter.

Career

Moran attended the University of East Anglia. While studying for a degree in Scriptwriting and Performance, he set up Laugh Out Loud comedy club. He subsequently performed a 21-night show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[1] In 2014, Moran won the Guardian and Legend Press new prize for self-published fiction.[2] The prize aims to find books "that are not only zeitgeisty and promising, but will be talked about in 10 or even 100 years' time."[3] Following the prize, Moran has received attention in various publications including the Washington Post.[4]

In 2015, Moran was named as one of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Writing Forum winners[5] for his new sitcom, Printheads. The prize culminated in a showcase at the New York Television Festival, where professional actors performed the script live. At the festival, Moran won the AMC-Channel 4 Drama Co-Development Award for his sci-fi pilot White Rabbit.[6]

Moran wrote and executive produced the Amazon Prime Video thriller television series The Devil's Hour.[7]

Screenwriter filmography

Year! Title! Notes
2019Wild BillEpisode: "Bad Blood in the Soil"
2019The Feed2 episodes
2022–presentThe Devil's HourCreator and executive producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norfolk comic Tom Moran's elusive joke. Norwich Evening News. Claire. Milner-Smith. 11 November 2011. 18 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150124/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/what-s-on/comedy/norfolk_comic_tom_moran_s_elusive_joke_1_1123565. 14 July 2014.
  2. News: Self-published book of the month: Dinosaurs and Prime Numbers by Tom Moran – review. The Guardian. 4 June 2014. 8 June 2014.
  3. News: Is your book a self-published masterpiece?. The Guardian. 4 June 2014. 8 June 2014.
  4. News: The Guardian's first self-published book prize winner. The Washington Post. 9 June 2014. 11 June 2014.
  5. News: BAFTA Names British Comedy Writers Selected for New York Showcase. BAFTA. 10 August 2015. 13 August 2015.
  6. News: C4 & AMC developing sci-fi mystery drama. Broadcast. 27 October 2015. 28 October 2015.
  7. Web site: Kanter. Jake. March 2, 2021. Amazon Sets Creepy Thriller Series 'The Devil's Hour' From 'Dracula' & 'Sherlock' Producer Hartswood. September 16, 2021. Deadline.