Craig Thomas (screenwriter)

Craig David Thomas[1] is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of American Dad!, Oliver Beene, Quintuplets and the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which they created in 2005.[2] In 2012 How I Met Your Mother won a People's Choice Awards.

Craig Thomas
Born
Craig David Thomas
Alma materWesleyan University
OccupationTelevision writer, producer, musician
Years active1998–present

Along with Carter Bays he is a member of The Solids, who perform the theme song to How I Met Your Mother. He has been nominated for seven primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Original Song for "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit".[3] Thomas graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997.[4]

In 2014, he shot a pilot for the show How I Met Your Dad with his partner Carter Bays, Emily Spivey and Greta Gerwig, but CBS asked them to do a second pilot, and they refused.

On April 15, 2019, Thomas joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the unfair practice of packaging.[5]

Works

How I Met Your Mother

Oliver Beene
  • "Dancing Beene"
  • "The Nudie Mag"
  • "X-Ray Specs"
  • "A Trip To Connie Island"
  • "Oliver and The Otters"

The Goodwin Games
  • "Pilot"
  • "The Hamletta"

American Dad!

He did audio commentary for his episode of American Dad! and has been prominent in the How I Met Your Mother DVD audio commentaries.

Molly and the Moon

Thomas is currently in pre-production on an original film project written by Thomas and Bays and directed by Thomas. An original musical, Molly and the Moon tells the story of Brian and Cate, first time parents navigating their newborn daughter’s medical emergency. As Brian and Cate spend long days and nights in the neonatal unit, their story is interwoven with that of a mysterious little girl named Molly, who is on a quest through a strange and magical world to reach the moon and the voice singing her name. As these two disparate worlds intersect, we realize the simple goals connecting them: to get home and become a family.

Songwriting

How I Met Your Mother
  • "Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit" (Emmy Nomination)
  • "You Just Got Slapped"
  • "Let's Go to the Mall"
  • "Hey Beautiful"
  • "Sandcastles in the Sand"
  • "PS I Love You"
  • "Barney Stinson, That Guy's Awesome"
  • "Best Night Ever"
  • "Superdate"
  • "Shame on You"
  • "Food Delivery / Cat Sitting / Cat Funeral"
  • "Ode to Virginia"
  • "Murder Train"
  • "The Bro Chant"
  • "Mosbius Designs Have Failed"
  • "Marshall vs the Machines"
  • "Hey Beautiful (Barney Version)"
  • "Two Beavers are Better Than One"
  • "Puzzles Theme Song"
  • "Bang Bang Bangity Bang"
  • "Night Night Little Marvin"
  • "On the House"
  • Asking Out Lily Pts 1 & 2"
  • "Soul Bang"
  • "And There She was" (Featuring John Swihart)
  • "Barney Makes 3 Its 1 & 2"

Sesame Street
  • Look for the Slime (Season 46, Episode 2)
  • The Vet Song (Season 49, Episode 1)
  • Packing PJ's (Season 50, Episode 1)
  • I Wonder (Season 51, Episode 23)
  • How Do You Build a Robot Dog? (Season 52, Episode 1)

Other Writing

In addition to writing for television, Thomas has been published in the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs column three times (Studio Notes on Your Rom-Com Screenplay, One Writer's Year in Pandemic Think Pieces, A Look Back at March 12, 2020), McSweeney's, and the Iowa Review.

References
  1. "How I Met Your Mother Boss on Barney's Bride: "It Had to Be Her"". TV Guide. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  2. "Hot List: Craig Thomas & Carter Bays". TVWeek. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063215/ Retrieved on 2009-15-04
  4. "An Evening with Carter Bays '97 and Craig Thomas '97". wesleyan.edu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. "Damon Lindelof, Hart Hanson Among Top Showrunners Posting Termination Letters In Wake Of Failed WGA-ATA Negotiations". Deadline.
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