Craig Thomas | |
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 Craig Thomas in 2022 | |
| Born | Craig David Thomas |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation(s) | Television writer, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable work | How I Met Your Mother |
| Website | https://www.craigthomaswriter.com/ |
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.
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]
After graduating from Wesleyan University in 1997,[4] Thomas wrote for the Late Show with David Letterman for 5 years.
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 practice of packaging.[5]
In addition to his writing, Thomas has fundraised extensively for Dr. Paul Grossfeld's lab at the Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego.[6] Grossfeld's lab conducts research into the genetic causes of congenital heart disease, particularly Jacobsen syndrome, a rare genetic disorder caused by the loss of a part of the 11th human chromosome.
He did audio commentary for his episode of American Dad! and has been prominent in the How I Met Your Mother DVD audio commentaries.
In 1996, Thomas and Carter Bays (with whom he would later create How I Met Your Mother) formed the power pop band The Solids with fellow Wesleyan University students Patrick Butler and Nick Coleman. The band went on to write the theme songs for two television shows: Oliver Beene and How I Met Your Mother.
In addition to writing for television, Thomas has been published in the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs column five times (Bad Reviews of Beloved Classics, RE: The Asteroid, Studio Notes on Your Rom-Com Screenplay, One Writer's Year in Pandemic Think Pieces, A Look Back at March 12, 2020), McSweeney's, the Boston Globe, and the Iowa Review.
