Stewart Thomson

Stewart Thomson; Scriptwriter, Ghostwriter, Consultant, Script Doctor

Stewart is a graduate of the National Film and Television School’s screenwriting master’s program. His graduation film, Bill’s Visitors, was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. His television drama, Parliamo Glasgow, was commissioned by Channel 4 and nominated for a Scottish BAFTA New Talent Award. His sitcom pilot, Pumped, was broadcast on BBC Three and BBC2 and his comedy pilot, SKWIBS won the BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Award and was performed on stage at the New York Television Festival. Stewart was part of BBC Writersroom Comedy Room 2017/18. His short film, A Vocal Minority was produced for The Break Series III, for BBC Three and nominated for a Celtic Media Award in 2019. His drama script, Dash, was produced for the Digital Drama Pilot Scheme for BBC Scotland. He has two produced feature film credits, romantic comedies One Year Off for MSN Media, and Falling for the Competition for Reel One Entertainment. His feature film Beating the Drum, has been developed by BBC Films and Creative Scotland. His latest feature film project, Rocket Surgery is currently under development with Blazing Griffin and BuzzFeed and set for production in 2024.

Stewart has also written for theatre, with his debut, Frank’s Dead, premiering at Oran Mor in Glasgow where it later won their audience award for best comedy that year. His second play, Second Best, was performed at the Swansea Grand.