Tom Moran is a British screenwriter.

Career

Moran attended the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

. 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 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2024 spanned 25 days, sold more than 2.6 million tickets and featur ...

. In 2014, Moran won ''the Guardian'' and ''Legend Press new prize for self-published fiction. 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." Following the prize, Moran has received attention in various publications including the ''Washington Post''. In 2015, Moran was named as one of the

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

Rocliffe New Comedy Writing Forum winners for his new sitcom, ''Printheads''. The prize culminated in a showcase at the

New York Television Festival The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) is a yearly festival dedicated to the celebration and promotion of independent small-screen productions, web series, and television. Background The festival was founded in 2005, and is held in venues acr ...

, where professional actors performed the script live. At the festival, Moran won the

AMC AMC may refer to: Film and television * AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain * AMC Networks, an American entertainment company ** AMC (TV channel) ** AMC+, streaming service ** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company *** ...

-Channel 4 Drama Co-Development Award for his sci-fi pilot ''White Rabbit''. Moran wrote and executive produced the

Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by ...

thriller television series ''

The Devil's Hour ''The Devil's Hour'' is a British drama thriller television series created by Tom Moran, and executive produced by Sue Vertue and Steven Moffat through their production company Hartswood Films. The first series consists of six episodes, and ...

''.

Screenwriter filmography

Bibliography

References

External links

* Living people 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century English male writers Alumni of the University of East Anglia English male comedians English male novelists English male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-screenwriter-stub