Tom Moran

For other people named Tom Moran, see Tom Moran (disambiguation).

Tom Moran
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	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

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2019	Wild Bill	Episode: "Bad Blood in the Soil"
2019	The Feed	2 episodes
2022–present	The Devil's Hour	Creator and executive producer

Bibliography

Overview of Tom Moran novels

Year	Title	ISBN	Pages
2012	Dinosaurs and Prime Numbers	978-1-481-88942-1	290
2013	A Scandal in Spixworth	978-1-301-00409-6	74
2016	A Debt to the Universe	978-1-537-27251-1	316
2016	The Trojan Hearse		73
2016	From Hellesdon		85

References

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

External links

• Tom Moran at IMDb