6+, Film, Head Writer, Series Developer
Jon is a London-based Danish-Australian screenwriter, excelling at character-driven comedy and action adventure. He has written on TAFFY (CBBC), MONSTER LOVING MANIACS (CBBC), 100% WOLF: LEGEND OF THE MOONSTONE (ABC), and KITTY IS NOT A CAT (Seven).
Jon’s animated series concept KARYN SPLITTER: ALIEN SITTER won the Disney Channel Prize at MIFA Pitches in Annecy. He co-created BEDHEAD, a live-action short-form comedy series which aired on ABC for which he received an Australian Writer’s Guild nomination.
Jon is currently writing a TBA animated feature and developing a new animated series for Akkord Film.
He was also Lead Writer on RABBIT ACADEMY, an animated series for German studio Akkord Films which he also helped to develop. He has also developed projects for Cake, Norlum, Tumblehead, Distillery Films, Visionality, Mint Cph, and Daily Madness to name a few.
Jon decided to become a writer at the tender age of six after his parents laughed heartily for several minutes at a short story he had written. The story was not a comedy.
Writing TBA animated family feature.
Developing new animated series on the Elfkins films, attached as Head Writer.
Writing on animated family series.
Development work on animated feature film.
Development work on animated feature film based on an Icelandic book IP.
Developing new 6+ animated adventure series and attached as Head Writer.
Lead Writer on 52 x 11′ 6+ animated series. Also helped to develop the series.
Wrote 1x episode for animated series.
Wrote 11×11′ episodes of this animated adventure comedy series, now available on BBC iPlayer
Wrote 2×7′ episodes and gained ‘Story by’ credit on 3×7′ episodes
Wrote 1×11′ episode
Wrote 1×22′ episode
Wrote 5×7′ episodes and gained ‘Story by’ credit on 10×7′ episodes of this animated series
Co-created, co-wrote, and produced the 30′ TV pilot for adults commissioned by ABC and Screen Australia.
Co-created, co-wrote, and produced 5 x4′ episodes of this online series, broadcast on ABC iView, YouTube, and Funny Or Die.
NOMINATED for LA Webfest Grand Prize
NOMINATED for Australian Writers Guild Award
Development work on bible and pilot script.
Development script and bible- selected for Cartoon Forum 2023
Development work on bible.
Development of animated feature film.
Wrote development bible and co-wrote 11′ unreleased TV pilot.
Animated Series 6+
WINNER of the Disney Prize – New Series MIFA Pitches 2017 Annecy
Animated Series 6+
Selected for Fox Digital Writers’ Residence, 2016, Marseille
| Current | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| TBA | Akkord Film | Writing TBA animated family feature. |
| TBA | Akkord Film | Developing new animated series on the Elfkins films, attached as Head Writer. |
| TBA (2026) | WatchNext Media / Super RTL | Writing on animated family series. |
| TBA | Oridian / Norlum / Ill Kippers | Development work on animated feature film. |
| TBA | Oridian / Einstein films | Development work on animated feature film based on an Icelandic book IP. |
| TBA | MINT Copenhagen | Developing new 6+ animated adventure series and attached as Head Writer. |
| Animation | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| Rabbit Academy | Akkord/ Kika | Lead Writer on 52 x 11′ 6+ animated series. Also helped to develop the series. |
| Josephine, Tortle & the Animals | Caligari / Kika/ ZDF | Wrote 1x episode for animated series. |
| Monster Loving Maniacs (2021-2022) | Ja Film/Mondo TV/Toon2Tango/CBBC | Wrote 11×11′ episodes of this animated adventure comedy series, now available on BBC iPlayer |
| Taffy S2 (2021) | Baboon Animation/Cybergroup/Boomerang | Wrote 2×7′ episodes and gained ‘Story by’ credit on 3×7′ episodes |
| Kitty Is Not A Cat S2 (2020) | Seven Network/BES | Wrote 1×11′ episode |
| 100% Wolf (2020) | Studio 100/Flying Bark | Wrote 1×22′ episode |
| Taffy S1 (2018) | Baboon Animation/Cybergroup/Boomerang | Wrote 5×7′ episodes and gained ‘Story by’ credit on 10×7′ episodes of this animated series |
| Comedy | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| Bedhead Pilot | ABC/Screen Australia | Co-created, co-wrote, and produced the 30′ TV pilot for adults commissioned by ABC and Screen Australia.
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| Bedhead (2014-2015) | Co-created, co-wrote, and produced 5 x4′ episodes of this online series, broadcast on ABC iView, YouTube, and Funny Or Die.
NOMINATED for LA Webfest Grand Prize NOMINATED for Australian Writers Guild Award |
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| Development | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| TBA | MINT Copenhagen | Development work on bible and pilot script. |
| Umami (2022) | Distillery Films | Development script and bible- selected for Cartoon Forum 2023 |
| TBA | Visionality | Development work on bible. |
| Nordic Ghost Hunters | Tumblehead | Development of animated feature film. |
| The Rotten Eggs (2013) | Cartoon Network Studios | Wrote development bible and co-wrote 11′ unreleased TV pilot. |
| Accolades | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| Karyn Splitter: Alien Sitter | Animated Series 6+ WINNER of the Disney Prize – New Series MIFA Pitches 2017 Annecy |
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| Olympians! | Animated Series 6+ Selected for Fox Digital Writers’ Residence, 2016, Marseille |
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