---
name: "Michael Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-thomas-7189"
fi1m_id: "michael-thomas-7189"
imdb_id: "nm0859241"
tmdb_id: 7189
wikidata_id: "Q28937461"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:14:14.195190+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Thomas

## Identity

Michael Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-thomas-7189
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-thomas-7189
- **IMDb ID:** nm0859241
- **TMDB ID:** 7189
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28937461
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28937461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7189

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28937461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7189

## Biography

Michael Thomas is an Australian screenwriter. He grew up in Sydney and began writing as a teenager before moving to the United States, where he contributed to publications including Rolling Stone.

His screenplays include *Countryman* (1982), *The Hunger* (1983), *Ladyhawke* (1985), *Burke & Wills* (1985), *Scandal* (1989), *Backbeat* (1994), *B. Monkey* (1998), *The Devil's Double* (2011) and *The 33* (2015). He received a Hugo Award nomination for *Ladyhawke*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, austlit.edu.au, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scandal* (1989), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pistenzauber* (2016), as Herbert
- *The 33* (2015), Screenplay
- *The Devil's Double* (2011), Screenplay
- *The Night We Called It a Day* (2003), Writer
- *B. Monkey* (1999), Scenario Writer
- *Welcome to Woop Woop* (1998), Screenplay
- *Backbeat* (1994), Screenplay
- *Ruby Cairo* (1992), Screenplay
- *Scandal* (1989), Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *The McGuffin* (1986), Screenplay
- *Burke & Wills* (1985), Writer
- *Ladyhawke* (1985), Screenplay
- *The Hunger* (1983), Screenplay
- *Countryman* (1982), Writer

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