Pre-School, 6+, Head Writer, Series Developer
Jon is a Danish/Australian screenwriter excelling at character-driven comedy and action adventure. He has written on shows such as Monster Loving Maniacs for CBBC, Taffy for Boomerang, 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone for ABC, and Kitty Is Not A Cat for Disney.
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 in Australia for which he received an Australian Writer’s Guild nomination.
Jon is currently Lead Writer on an upcoming animated series for German studio Akkord Films and is developing projects for Distillery Films and Daily Madness.
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.
More often than not Jon channels his experience as a Dane living abroad into incredibly serious projects usually featuring roguish monsters, rebellious aliens, or some sort of out of control ice cream-shooting robot threatening to destroy the world because it feels like it doesn’t fit in.
Lead writer and development on new animated series
Writing episodes for upcoming animated series
Writing development bible and pilot script for this 52×11′ 7-11 animated comedy series.
Development work on this animated family feature
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 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 Funy Or Die
NOMINATED for LA Webfest Grand Prize
NOMINATED for Australian Writers Guild Award
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 |
| Title TBA (2023) | Akkford Films | Lead writer and development on new animated series |
| Title TBA | Caligari | Writing episodes for upcoming animated series |
| Umami | Distillery Films | Writing development bible and pilot script for this 52×11′ 7-11 animated comedy series. |
| Title TBA | Tumblehead | Development work on this animated family feature |
| Credits | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| 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 |
| Bedhead (2014-2015) | ABC/Screen Australia | Co-created, co-wrote and produced the 30′ TV pilot 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 Funy Or Die NOMINATED for LA Webfest Grand Prize NOMINATED for Australian Writers Guild Award |
| 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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