Tom Collinson(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Tom Collinson is an award-winning Writer/Director from the North East. He has 25 years experience in television, producing and directing over 50 hours of programming. In 2025 his feature was optioned by AX1 Films and in July was awarded REACH funding from North East Screen. He writes comedy and wrote sketches for Tracey Breaks the News for BBC1 and wrote and directed two series of Radio 4 sitcom, Self Storage, starring Reece Shearsmith, Mark Heap and Rosie Cavaliero; "A Beckettian examination of the parameters of solitude full of wry laughs" The Times. In 2026 he was longlisted for Live Theatre's North East Playwriting Award.
Recently he wrote TV Pilot, Murder at Hotel Galactic (co-written with Izzy Mant and Liam Hourican) and directed the rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre Main house starring Paul Whitehouse, Kevin Eldon. Susannah Fielding, Jo Martin, Kevin Bishop, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, Colin Macfarlane and Jenny Bede. He wrote and directed TV comedy pilot Outside starring Mat Horne (Gavin and Stacey) and Radio 4 sketch show Countryfried starring Rufus Jones (Home, W1A). His 2025 film Goodnight, Moon won Honourable Mentions in festivals in the UK and Australia.
Flying People, his film about a world champion kite-flyer teaching his blind boss to fly kites, was selected by the British Council for entry into festivals worldwide, and won awards in Canada and Brazil. It is currently distributed by Icarus Films in the US.
His short plays include, Croissant, starring Mark Watson, performed at the Pleasance and The Arcola (****The List). Percy at The Southwark Playhouse ("Surprising, heart-breaking and cleverly witty" Scatter of Opinion) and In a Box which won the Off Cut Festival; panel award for Best Play, panel award for Best Ensemble (Panel Chair Moira Buffini), and Overall Audience Award.
Recently he wrote TV Pilot, Murder at Hotel Galactic (co-written with Izzy Mant and Liam Hourican) and directed the rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre Main house starring Paul Whitehouse, Kevin Eldon. Susannah Fielding, Jo Martin, Kevin Bishop, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, Colin Macfarlane and Jenny Bede. He wrote and directed TV comedy pilot Outside starring Mat Horne (Gavin and Stacey) and Radio 4 sketch show Countryfried starring Rufus Jones (Home, W1A). His 2025 film Goodnight, Moon won Honourable Mentions in festivals in the UK and Australia.
Flying People, his film about a world champion kite-flyer teaching his blind boss to fly kites, was selected by the British Council for entry into festivals worldwide, and won awards in Canada and Brazil. It is currently distributed by Icarus Films in the US.
His short plays include, Croissant, starring Mark Watson, performed at the Pleasance and The Arcola (****The List). Percy at The Southwark Playhouse ("Surprising, heart-breaking and cleverly witty" Scatter of Opinion) and In a Box which won the Off Cut Festival; panel award for Best Play, panel award for Best Ensemble (Panel Chair Moira Buffini), and Overall Audience Award.
