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Tom Gleisner Tom Gleisner i(A6205 works by)
Also writes as: Audrey Gordon
Born: Established: 1962 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Tom Gleisner is an Australian director, producer, writer, comedian, actor and author. Tom is a co-founder of Working Dog Productions (with Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy and Rob Sitch), and along with Santo and Rob he wrote the bestselling Molvania, Phaic Tan and San Sombrero. Gleisner has been the judge of Channel 7's show Thank God You're Here [2011]. (Source: Publisher's website)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2018 recipient Order of Australia — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

For distinguished service to the media and television industries as a writer, producer, actor and presenter, to children living with cancer, and as a supporter of young people with autism spectrum disorders.
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Awards for Works

Bloom 2023 single work musical theatre

'When Mrs MacIntyre, the scheming owner of aged care home Elm Grove, decides to cut costs by offering uni students free board in return for them helping out as carers, she does not count on the arrival of Finn Bailey. Lazy and unqualified, Finn soon clashes with over-worked carer Ruby, before setting off a chain of events that lead to romance, rebellion and a residents’ choir.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.
2024 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — New Australian Musical
form y separately published work icon Working with Children ( dir. Rob Sitch ) Australia : Working Dog Productions , 2019 18091592 2019 single work film/TV
2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Screenplay in Television
form y separately published work icon Start Up ( dir. Rob Sitch ) Australia : Working Dog Productions , 2017 12146612 2017 single work film/TV
2017 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Screenplay in Television
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