Josh Mapleston

Josh Mapleston
Born	Joshua Mapleston 20th century Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	Queensland University of Technology
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter
Years active	2010 – present
Spouse	Georgina Haig ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2

Joshua Mapleston (born 20th century) is an Australian writer, comic, and actor. He was the head writer and executive producer on Ghosts Australia for BBC Australia. He was the co-creator and writer on two seasons of Netflix's Surviving Summer .

Early life and education

Mapleston grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. He completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in film production at the Queensland University of Technology.

Career

In 2017, Mapleston won an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Writing in Children's Animation' for his work on Beat Bugs . ^[1] He is also one of the principal writers for the follow-up animated series Motown.

In the comedy sphere, Mapleston created and wrote I Rock , a narrative comedy series about a struggling indie band. He also starred as the band's misanthropic frontman Nash Taylor.

Mapleston wrote and script-edited the action-comedy series Maximum Choppage . In the same year, he co-created and wrote the web series Ultimate Fanj (Working Group/ABC Television Australia) about the lives of hapless hipsters in inner-city Sydney.

Mapleston's credits also include a number of Australian drama series, including the romantic comedy The Wrong Girl (Playmaker Media) based on the novel by Zoe Foster Blake, the dramedy House Husbands (Playmaker Media) and the television adaptation of John Marsden's action-adventure novels Tomorrow, When the War Began (Ambience Entertainment).

Mapleston has been nominated for two Australian Writers' Guild awards for his work on young-adult drama series Ready for This and Dance Academy . In addition to writing duties, he was also Dance Academy's Series Script Editor for Seasons 2 and 3. Both shows were nominated for International Emmy Awards for "Best Children's Series".

As a stand-up comic Mapleston has been performing in Australia for over ten years.

Mapleston was the co-creator, script producer and writer of Netflix's Surviving Summer .

In 2025 Mapleston is executive producing and writing for Ghosts Australia which will premiere on Paramount Plus.

Other writing credits include:

• Home and Away , 2007 – present (12 episodes)
• Shortland Street , 2007 (1 episode)
• McLeod's Daughters , 2001

Personal life

In June 2014, Mapleston married actress Georgina Haig. ^[2] In March 2017, they had their first child, a daughter. ^{[3] [4]} In February 2024, the couple revealed that they were expecting their second child, a boy. ^[5]

References

1. Knox, David (30 April 2017). "Beat Bugs wins Daytime Creative Emmy". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
2. Logan, Michael (18 September 2014). "Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. Julian Haig (24 August 2017). "It's been amazing having my sister @georgettehaig in Vancouver and working on her strength and overall fitness. She started two weeks ago from next to no training and she had a baby 5 months ago so her core in particular was very weak as to be expected. It's amazing how far she's come in just two weeks..." Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2018– via Instagram.
4. Georgina Haig (18 September 2017). "That was the BEST fun!! Thanks for letting us run a muck! #whitecaps #bcplace #bcchildrenshospital". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2018– via Instagram. From iamseanmaguire: Great to see you and Josh and to meet the newest little princess to join the gang. She's ridiculously adorable.
5. Georgina Haig [@georgettehaig] (9 February 2024). "What a fantastic night at the industry @aacta awards!! Thank you so much for having us and the @ashes_short_film team we were honoured to be there amongst stellar company. And there was an ice cream stand. Our son's first red carpet 😍😍😍..." – via Instagram.

External links

• Josh Mapleston at IMDb