Chris Aronsten
- Australian
- Writer, composer and musical creative
Chris is an experienced screenwriter, specialisng in comedy.
- Nationality
- Australian
- Home town
- Sydney
- Resident of
- Australia (Sydney)
Chris is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (BA, Screenwriting).
His short film, Call Waiting, won the Best Screenplay Award at the 1998 British Short Film Festival. For the opening of FOX Studios Australia, he wrote a short history of Australian TV called Susan's Institute of Television, starring Gina Reilly (Kath and Kim).
Television credits include Going Home (SBS), David Tench Tonight (Ten), and Comedy Inc. - The Late Shift (Nine). Chris has had five plays produced: Human Resources (Darlinghurst Theatre 2006), Malice Toward None (Old Fitzroy Theatre, 2012), The Lunch Hour (Darlinghurst Theatre, 2012), What Would Cathy Do? (UK/US, 2017) and Off The Record (New Theatre, 2023).
What would Cathy do? toured to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and United Solo (New York), where it won the Best Satire Award. Off The Record was shortlisted for the Silver Gull Award and the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award.
In 2023, Chris wrote and co-produced the web series Fanny Scat Investigates, which won several festival awards and placed third in the Web Series World Cup. Three of his television projects are showcased on the Australian Writers' Guild's Pathways website. Chris has developed pilots for two dramas and a comedy series.
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