Jamie Mathieson

Jamie Mathieson (born 1970) is a British television screenwriter. A former stand-up comedian,[1] he has written for a number of UK science fiction TV shows, namely Being Human, Dirk Gently, and for series 8, 9 and 10 of Doctor Who.[2]

Jamie Mathieson
Jamie Mathieson at Lucca Comics and Games 2015
OccupationTelevision scriptwriter
GenreScience fiction
Notable works"Mummy on the Orient Express", "Flatline"
RelativesDaz Mathieson (brother)
Website
www.jamiemathieson.com

Career

He scripted the sci-fi comedy film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, starring Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, and Anna Faris. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 24 April 2009. He wrote the drama pilot ALT for Channel 4 in 2014, but was not picked up for series.[3] However, he did create and write the sci-fi miniseries Tripped for E4.

It was announced in October 2014 that Mathieson will be the lead writer of French science fiction series Métal Hurlant: Origins, a sequel to Métal Hurlant Chronicles, which is currently in development.[4] It is based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant, known in the United States as Heavy Metal and in Germany as Schwermetall.

Writing credits
Production Notes Broadcaster/Distributor
FAQ About Time Travel
  • Feature Film (2009)
 Picturehouse Entertainment
Becoming Human
  • Series 1: Episode 4 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 5 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 6 (2011)
 BBC iPlayer
Dirk Gently
  • Series 1: Episode 3
 BBC Four
Being Human
  • "Educating Creature" (2010)
  • "Type 4" (2011)
  • "The Graveyard Shift" (2012)
  • "Pie and Prejudice" (2013)
 BBC Three
Alt
  • TV Movie (2014)
 N/A
Tripped
  • Series creator (2016)
 E4
Doctor Who BBC One
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References
  1. http://jamiemathieson.blogspot.co.uk/
  2. The Doctor Who Team. "Blogs - New Series: All the Episode Titles and More". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/e4-commissions-brand-new-drama-pilot-alt
  4. https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/jamie-mathieson-tapped-to-pen-metal-hurlant-origins-1201322205/
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