Biography

John Armstrong is one of Australia's leading writers for young audiences. For over 20 years John has been writing, script editing, and script producing children's television for all ages from preschool through to teens. He has won four Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIEs) from eight nominations.

John was the script producer and writer for two Netflix animated series - the Emmy award winning Beat Bugs, featuring the songs of The Beatles, and Motown Magic, featuring the Motown catalogue. John has written for many successful live-action children's TV series, including three seasons of the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinematic and Television Arts) and Logie Award winning Blue Water High, H20: Just Add Water, A gURLs wURLd (aka Emma's Chatroom), In Your Dreams, Scooter: Secret Agent and the BAFTA nominated comedy Don't Blame the Koalas. He has also written for numerous animated series, including the iconic Bananas in Pyjamas, Guess How Much I Love You, The Deep (nominated for a BAFTA), The Adventures of Figaro Pho, CJ the DJ, Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs, Vic the Viking, The Woodlies, and Zigby. He also wrote episodes for the upcoming ABC television sci-fi series, Space Nova.

John is currently creating and developing multiple TV series and movies for various producers.
- IMDb mini biography by: John Armstrong